Official: Lease Close for Savannah River Site

The Savannah River Site (Courtesy)


Officials report progress on leasing 2,500 acres within Savannah River Site that could be marketed as an energy park or a possible site for a commercial nuclear power plant.

Rick Toole, who heads the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization, says his group and the U.S. Department of Energy are in the final stages of the deal. But he says they cannot divulge its location until the lease is signed, possibly by this summer.

Once the lease is completed, Toole believes SRS will become much more attractive as a potential site for energy projects.


Photo of the Savannah River Site, taken from the International Space Station. The annotations are from the Wikipedia page.

The nonprofit reuse organization was formed 15 years ago to find ways to bring new jobs to SRS as its nuclear weapons mission and employment numbers dropped.

Information from: The Augusta Chronicle.

(AP)

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