SRS employment holds steady near 11,500 during Fiscal Year 2021, with DOE having only about 500 employees out of that figure, with most of them being contractors.
There does not appears to be a significant uptick in employment by DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration for the proposed project to convert the never finished plutonium fuel (MOX) building into the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant.
Figures obtained via Freedom of Information Act request by SRS Watch indicate a shift by the end of the third quarter, June 30, 2021, of about 1000 workers at Savannah River National Lab from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions to the new contractor, Batelle Savannah River Alliance (https://www.energy.gov/em/articles/doe-awards-savannah-river-national-laboratory-management-and-operating-contract).
Documents obtained under FOIA:
FOIA cover letter for request by SRS Watch for SRS employment figures, September 9, 2021: SRO-2021-01086-F Clements final letterlk-2-1 Sept 8 2021
SRS employment figures for fist quarter, Fiscal Year 2021: Headcount Report – FY21, Q1-1
SRS employment figures, second quarter, Fiscal Year 2021: Headcount Report – FY21, Q2-1
SRS employment figures, third quarter Fiscal Year 2021: Headcount Report – FY21, Q3-1
FOIA response for FY 2020 employment figures available on request