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Welcome
to the June 2021 Special Edition of
SRNS Today
Stuart MacVean It’s official – we’re on our way toward establishing a facility to provide plutonium pits for
SRNS President and CEO the nation’s nuclear deterrent!
The Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility’s Critical Decision 1 (CD-1) approval
gives SRNS a lot to be proud of. This key milestone is the result of tremendous effort
On the cover by Executive Vice President – NNSA Capital Projects Dave Olson and his team, working
The Savannah River Plutonium closely with our National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) customers and the
Processing Facility (SRPPF)
goes from “proposed” project multiple partners who contributed to the CD-1 submittal package. Since late 2018, when
to an approved project! NNSA and the Department of Defense announced that the nation needs SRS to serve as
National Nuclear Security one part of the two-site strategy for supplying plutonium pits for the nuclear deterrent,
Administration (NNSA) SRNS has been building an organization to rapidly and responsively plan to meet that
Savannah River Field Office need. From a group of about five employees in the project’s earliest days, we have
Manager Jason Armstrong assembled a workforce of over 500 and still growing to develop the plans for the facility,
and SRNS President and
CEO Stuart MacVean join along with plans for the program that will carry out the pit mission. The resulting giant
Scott Cannon, Director of the package of documents earned SRNS kudos for its high quality.
NNSA Savannah River Project With this many vital contributors, it would be impossible to list the name of every person
Management Office, as he
peels “Proposed” off the who played a part in getting us to this important milestone. It truly was a team effort,
SRPPF sign in celebration of and every member’s effort made a difference.
achieving Critical Decision 1. This milestone is not just a win for SRNS and SRS, it’s a win for the nation. Our military
leaders have stressed the importance of restoring the nation’s ability to produce
plutonium pits to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear stockpile. The
approval to move forward with design of SRPPF enables SRNS to take a huge step
toward restoring that capability – one more way that we make the world safer.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, is a Fluor-led company whose members are Fluor Federal Services,
Newport News Nuclear and Honeywell. Since August 2008, SRNS has been the management and operating
contractor for the Savannah River Site, a Department of Energy-owned site near Aiken, South Carolina. The
SRNS corporate and community offices are located in the renovated 1912 “Old Post Office” building in Aiken.
The primary initiatives of SRNS are national security, clean energy and environmental stewardship. SRNS Today
is published monthly by SRNS Corporate Communications to inform our employees and other stakeholders of the
company’s operational- and community-related activities. If you have questions or comments, please contact us
at 803.952.6131 or visit our website.
www.savannahrivernuclearsolutions.com
COMMON ACRONYMS: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) • Savannah River Site (SRS) • Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) • Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF)
