The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management recently announced the liquid waste program at the Savannah River Site is streamlining operations.
According to an Oct. 18 news release, Savannah River Mission Completion liquid waste contractor unified its three labs under the liquid waste program into one organization. Under this new initiative, SRMC labs at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Effluent Treatment Facility and Salt Waste Processing Facility will be brought under one umbrella to streamline analytical processes.
“Combining Savannah River Mission Completion’s laboratories under one umbrella will strengthen our ability to provide the analytical resources essential to our mission,” Melissa Santaella-Ramos, senior manager for SRMC Laboratories, said in the release. “We will build on the decades of operational experience of the DWPF and ETF labs, while maximizing the new analytical capabilities and state-of-the-art equipment that the SWPF lab brings to the program, combining the wealth of scientific knowledge of the talented personnel across SRMC laboratories.”
These labs will perform analytical processes that will be used for process control; nuclear safety, criticality prevention and material accountability; product quality; radiological waste characterization; regulatory compliance and personnel safety, the release reported.
“Organizationally joining liquid waste laboratory operations, as well as now performing key analytical activities internally, supports the ability to keep our facilities running as safely and effectively as designed,” Wyatt Clark, SRMC chief operating officer, said in the release. “These improvements position SRMC and the Department of Energy to meet milestones, overcome future challenges and fulfill our mission.”
