Savannah River Site
- Country: USA
- Role: Weapons Production
- Status: Decommissioning
- Year: 1953
Overview
Five heavy water reactors and separation canyons built in South Carolina to breed tritium and plutonium for the US arsenal. Production ended after the cold war and the site now focuses on cleanup, tritium processing for existing warheads and new mission proposals.
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