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SRS employees use novel training exercise to align waste mission

October 5, 2023, 3:02PMRadwaste Solutions

Ray Tran, an engineer for Savannah River tank farms, helps complete a timeline of SRS historical events as part of SRMC’s vision casting training initiative. (Photo: DOE)

More than 3,000 employees with Department of Energy contractor Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) participated in a vision casting initiative, learning more about the past, present, and future of the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste mission.

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SRS employees use novel training exercise to align waste mission

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