Cold War Years

1951

A sketch rendering of an aerial view of the 773-A building.

Savannah River Laboratory is created to support the Savannah River Site.

1980

Invention of TCAP (Thermal Cycling Absorption Process).

1982

Record of Decision made by the Federal Government selecting glass as preferred waste form for High Level Waste; SRNL led the team providing the technical data to support the decision.

1983

Construction begins on the Underground Counting Facility.

1985

786-A expanded to provide flow testing for reactor cooling systems; SRNL Underground Counting Facility (UCF) begins operations.

1989

Westinghouse takes over operations at SRS from DuPont.

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