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{{Infobox laboratory
| name           = Savannah River National Laboratory
| former_name   = Savannah River Laboratory
| motto          = 
| image          = 
| established    = {{start date and age|1951}}
| director       = Vahid Majidi<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.srnl.gov/leadership/vahid-majidi-ph-d/ |title=Vahid Majidi, Ph.D. |work=Savannah River National Laboratory |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>
| city           = [[Savannah River Site]], near [[Jackson, South Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| budget         = [[United States dollar|$]]249 million (2017)
| type           = Nuclear and basic science
| staff          = 980
| campus         = 
| coordinates    = {{coord|33.342792|-81.738121|type:landmark_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
|location_map    = South Carolina
|operating_agency = [[Battelle Memorial Institute|Battelle]]
| website        = {{url|https://srnl.doe.gov}}
}}
The '''Savannah River National Laboratory''' ('''SRNL''') is a multi-program [[United States Department of Energy national laboratories|national laboratory]] for the U.S. [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management. SRNL is located at the [[Savannah River Site]] (SRS) near [[Jackson, South Carolina]]. It was founded in 1951, as the '''Savannah River Laboratory''' as a research, development and manufacturing center for [[tritium]] production from [[lithium]]. The intended end use of the tritium was in [[nuclear fusion]] weapons (such as [[hydrogen bomb]]), as well as in [[thermonuclear fusion]] reactors for civilian use. [[Plutonium]] production and research was a second main activity in the lab at that time.

Since the end of the [[Cold War]], the laboratory expanded its civilian research. Savannah River Laboratory was certified as a national laboratory on May 7, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/news/archives/1341.htm|title=Energy Secretary Abraham Certifies Savannah River Technology Center As New Department of Energy National Laboratory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527173838/http://energy.gov/news/archives/1341.htm |date=May 7, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-05-27}}</ref>

SRNL research topics include [[environmental remediation]], technologies for the [[hydrogen economy]], handling of hazardous materials and technologies for prevention of [[nuclear proliferation]], [[Radioactive waste#Vitrification|vitrification]] of nuclear waste and in  [[hydrogen storage]].  SRNL is a founding member of the [[South Carolina Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Alliance]] (SCHFCA).

==Budget and staff==
SRNL employs 980 people and has an annual programmatic budget of 249 million U.S. Dollars (2017).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://srnl.doe.gov/facts/srnl_at_a_glance.pdf|title=SRNL at a Glance|date=2018|website=Savannah River National Laboratory|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>

==Operations==
SRNL was operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, [[LLC]] for the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] from 2008 to 2021. The LLC is a partnership between [[Fluor Corporation]], Newport News Nuclear, Inc. (a subsidiary of [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]]) and [[Honeywell|Honeywell International]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SRNS - Our Parent Companies|url=http://www.savannahrivernuclearsolutions.com/about/parent.htm|publisher=Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2020, the Department of Energy approved a split in the SRS Maintenance and Operations contract. The agency awarded the SRNL M&O contract to Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA), retaining Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the maintenance and operations of the Savannah River Site. BSRA is wholly owned by [[Battelle Memorial Institute]] and partners with five regional universities. Contract transition was completed in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com/2020/12/28/340026/doe-selects-battelle-savannah-river-alliance-to-manage-savannah-river-national-laboratory |title=DOE Selects Battelle Savannah River Alliance to Manage Savannah River National Laboratory &#124; Columbia Business Monthly |website=www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Savannah River Site]]
*[[United States Department of Energy]]
*[[United States Department of Energy National Laboratories]]
*[[Top 100 US Federal Contractors]]
*[[Institute of Nuclear Power Operations]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|http://srnl.doe.gov}}
*[http://www.savannahrivernuclearsolutions.com/ Official website for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS)]
*[http://www.srs.gov Official website for the Savannah River Site (SRS)]

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