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Introduction CHAPTER Introduction CHAPTER Timothy Jannik Savannah River National Laboratory 1 Al Mamatey Regulatory Integration & Environmental Services he Savannah River Site (SRS), one of the facilities in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) T complex, was constructed during the early 1950s to produce materials (primarily plutonium-239 and tritium) used in nuclear weapons. The site covers approximately 310 square miles in South Carolina and borders the Savannah River. Mission Site Location, Demographics, and Environment SRS’s mission is to fulfill its responsibilities safely and securely in the stewardship of the nation’s SRS covers 198,344 acres in Aiken, Allendale, and nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear materials, and Barnwell counties of South Carolina. The site is ap- the environment. 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