Savannah River marks the closure of another legacy waste tank
May 18, 2026, 11:53AMNuclear News
DOE Assistant Secretary Tim Walsh (right, holding medallion) and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joel Bradburne (right, back row) joined senior managers from the DOE’s Savannah River Operations Office and Savannah River Mission Completion and other personnel who contributed to the milestone to commemorate Tank 14 reaching preliminary cease waste removal. (Photo: DOE)
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has received concurrence from regulators that Tank 14 at the Savannah River Site has reached preliminary cease waste removal (PCWR) status after radioactive liquid waste was successfully removed from the tank. PCWR is a regulatory milestone in the closure of SRS’s old-style waste tanks, which were built in the 1950s to store waste generated by the chemical separations of plutonium and uranium.
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