Why are they doing this now and not until after the court-mandated Programmatic EIS has been finished? A draft of that document, on all impacts of plutonium pit production at all DOE sites, including waste generation and disposal, could be out in March 2026 or so. Then, the public will need to attend public-comment meetings.
The Savannah River Site (SRS) invites the public to an Availability Session from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on October 23,
2025, at the Nancy Carson Public Library (135 Edgefield Road, North Augusta, SC 29841). The Public Availability
Session is an opportunity to engage with SRS before its submittal of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) Part B permit application for the storage of hazardous waste associated with Savannah River Plutonium
Processing Facility (SRPPF) operations. This meeting allows the community to receive information about waste
SRPPF is located in F Area at SRS and establishes a capability at SRS for producing war reserve certified pits for the
U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. SRPPF operations will generate waste materials that will be regulated under RCRA as
hazardous or mixed waste. The SRPPF hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal buildings will require a RCRA
Please contact Fallan Flatow at fallan.flatow@srs.gov or 839-746-1089 by 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 20, 2025, if
you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to fully participate in this meeting.
For questions regarding the SRPPF Public Availability Session, please contact
839-746-1089