1. Overview of Savannah River Site (SRS) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Dr. Mary K Harris Director, Computational Sciences February 8 th, 2012

2. 2 SRS Snapshot 198,334 acres, or about 310 square miles Fourth largest DOE site in the United States (behind Nevada Test Site, Idaho National Laboratory and Hanford Site) SRS workforce: Approximately 10,000 Prime contractor (about 58 percent) DOE-SR and DOE-NNSA Other contractors

3. 3 Chronology of the Savannah River Site Sept. 23, 1949 President Truman announced Russia tested its first atomic weapon June 12, 1950 Atomic Energy Commission asked E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company to undertake a new atomic project Du Pont built SRS and operated it for nearly 40 years April 1, 1989 Washington Savannah River Company took the reins as SRS’s prime contractor August 1, 2008 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions assumed responsibility for SRS management and operations July 1, 2009 Savannah River Remediation now in charge of liquid waste disposition

4. 4 Initial Construction Facts 39 million cubic yards (a wall 10 feet high and 6 feet wide from Atlanta, GA to Portland, OR) 1.5 million cubic yards (a highway six inches thick and 20 feet wide from Atlanta, GA to Philadelphia, PA) 118,000 tons (a train 30 miles long) 27,000 tons (a train eight miles long) 85 million board feet (enough for 15,000 homes) 230 miles of new roads (including South Carolina’s first clover leaf intersection) 63 miles of permanent new track 2 million All of the 304L and 316L stainless steel available in the United States from 1951 through 1953 Earth moved Concrete Reinforcing steel Structural steel Lumber Roads Railroads Blueprints Process Steel

5. 5 Site History The Atomic Energy Commission builds a nuclear weapons complex F Canyon in 1952 H Canyon in 1952 Tank construction in the late 1970s R Reactor in 1951 Six South Carolina towns moved; 6,000 people relocated

6. 6 Historical Facts of Note 1956: Neutrino was discovered by Fred Reines and Clyde Cowan – P Reactor. 1995 Physics Nobel Prize 1961 : University of Georgia founded the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) to study effects of radiation on the environment 1972: SRS designated as a National Environmental Research Park 1980’s: Produced Pu-238 for NASA’s deep space exploration program Environmental Cleanup began under the RCRA program

7. 7 Production Years Produce and recover nuclear materials Tritium Plutonium 238 Plutonium 239 Facilities Five reactors Two chemical separations plants Heavy water extraction plant Nuclear fuel and target fabrication facility Waste management facilities SRS produced about 36 metric tons of plutonium from 1953-1988 End of Cold War meant a whole different philosophy and approach to the nuclear arsenal H Canyon and HB Line

8. 8 Where We Are Today ~$2 billion site budget 50 percent is EM 50 percent is NNSA The contracts Management & Operations Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Comprised of Fluor, Newport News Nuclear and Honeywell Liquid Waste Savannah River Remediation Comprised of URS, Babcock & Wilcox, Bechtel and CH2M Hill Separate contracts for other major projects

9. 9 SRS’s Missions Today K Area Complex TRU waste being loaded for shipment Spent fuel being unloaded in L Area One of many scientists in SRNL Demolition work inside P Reactor Old Radioactive Waste Burial Ground during remediation Operations inside the Tritium Extraction Facility Shipments from the HEU Blend Down program

10. 10 New Missions ~$8 billion over 20 years Disposition of 34 tons excess weapons-usable plutonium Three new facilities Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility Pit Disassembly and Conversion Waste Solidification Building Began construction Aug. 1, 2007; being built and operated by Shaw AREVA MOX Services In design phaseSupports both MOX and PDC; groundbreaking in January 2009; currently under construction

11. 11 SRNL Organization Dr. Anthony (Tony) E. Burris Associate Laboratory Director for National Security Programs Dr. Jeffrey (Jeff) C. Griffin Associate Laboratory Director for Environmental Stewardship Dr. Terry A. Michalske Executive Vice President & Laboratory Director Dr. John E. Marra Associate Laboratory Director for Science & Technology David E. Eyler Senior Vice President & Deputy Laboratory Director Debra Bates Executive Assistant Dr. Thomas (Tom) L. Sanders Associate Laboratory Director for Clean Energy Richard (Rick) M. Sprague Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Materials Program Integration Frederick (Freddie) M. Grimm Director, Research Operations Diane McGee Executive Assistant Wendolyn S. Holland Director of Strategic Development and Technical Partnerships Margaret (Peggy) A. Davis Business Manager and SRNS CFO

12. 12 ­ Began operation in 1953 ­ Original mission: ■ Reactor research ■ Chemical separations ■ Tritium/Hydrogen support ■ Environmental science and monitoring ­ Changing mission: ■ End of Cold War in 80’s focus on safe containment disposition/clean up/D&D ■ Response to 9/11 homeland security initiatives ■ Need for energy independence dual use of hydrogen technology SRNL brought technological support to nation’s cold war efforts Early Days of the Laboratory

13. 13 Savannah River Laboratory - established 1951 R&D to support the Savannah River Plant’s mission of producing nuclear materials for the national defense Savannah River Technology Center - 1992 Continued support to Savannah River Site (SRS) Diversified technological focus Savannah River National Laboratory - 2004 Expanded role for DOE/EM and broader national security missions Evolution of SRNL

14. 14 SRNL at a Glance 1000 Staff; ~ $250M (FY10) Safest DOE National Laboratory Broad Science and Engineering Capabilities – Nuclear Materials Detection, Handling and Processing – Light Elements SRNL FY10 Revenue Multi-Program Laboratory Energy Security National Security EM

15. 15 Aerial View of SRNL

16. 16 Our Facilities SRNL Main Campus Aiken County’s Savannah River Research Campus Hydrogen Technology Research Laboratory Aiken County Technology Laboratory

17. 17 Nuclear Defense Plutonium Technology Homeland Security Nonproliferation Nuclear Forensics Hydrogen Production and Storage Nuclear Fuel Cycle R&D Renewable Energy Research Environmental Management Waste Treatment Materials Stabilization and Disposition Remediation and Cleanup Assessments and Verification SRS Tritium Facilities National and Homeland Security Energy Security Multi-Program National Laboratory

18. 18 Environmental Management Small Column Ion Exchange module Rotary Microfilter National and Homeland SecurityEnergy Security Testing SODAR to measure off-shore wind FBI Forensics Tracking and tagging technology Porous wall hollow glass microspheres SRNL Innovation Impacts Broad National Priorities CCR Collaborati on Award

19. 19 South Carolina Consortium for Offshore Wind Advance the sustainable development of offshore renewable energy to include wind and hydrokinetic resources: Partners: SRNL, Clemson University (CURI), Santee Cooper, Coastal Carolina University, Second Wind, CMMC, LLC, Center for Hydrogen Research, Coast Guard, Fluor Characterize onshore & offshore wind and marine resources Install wind turbines for Educational Outreach Develop SC business strategy to further deployment Three year grant September 2011 Conduct research for design conditions for offshore wind energy structures CCU, NREL, MMI Engineering

20. 20 Wind Research Activities Increase fidelity of vertical profile Secondwind Triton Deploy & test Sonic Wind Profiler (200m vertical) SODAR (sound detection and ranging) Center for Hydrogen Research Install 2 wind turbines Integrate with 25 Kw regenerative fuel cell and solar Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) installed on ocean front Meteorological tower installation on Goat Island

21. 21 Wind Drivetrain Test Facility Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI), with multiple partners, including SRNL wins DOE project proposal for $45M for test facility, with $51M in-kind from state entities. 7.5 MW and 15 MW test stands, largest in world when completed Pier, drydock and Bldg 69. Groundbreaking at CURI October 28, 2010 15 MW dynamometer

22. 22 SRNL has announced agreements with Hyperion and GE that, with DOE approval, could lead to deployment of a small modular nuclear reactors at SRS The Future: Clean Energy Initiative

23. 23 Business Segments23 National Security Enhance national security by providing innovative, customized solutions to the global nuclear nonproliferation and detection, counter proliferation, deterrence and threat reduction challenges through the innovative application of unique nuclear materials, technology and systems assets at SRS Clean Energy Accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy through public and private partnerships that solve critical nuclear material storage, processing and disposition challenges, and use our broader expertise to support regional energy sustainability while maintaining environmental health Environmental Stewardship Transform liabilities into assets to reduce the environmental legacy of nuclear materials and radioactive waste at SRS in a way that utilizes technology to provide innovative solutions to speed and improve SRS processing and leverages these solutions to other DOE and non-DOE locations and customers

24. 24 SRNL/SRS Expertise - Key Component in our Nation’s Security

25. 25 Enterprise SRS Vision 25