F Canyon

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F Canyon is a large nuclear materials processing facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, historically used for the chemical separation and recovery of plutonium and other defense-related nuclear materials.

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F Canyon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear materials processing facility ⓘ
reprocessing plant ⓘ
associatedWith Savannah River Site reprocessing operations ⓘ
plutonium production for national defense ⓘ
commissioned 1950s ⓘ
constructionStart 1950s ⓘ
contains remote handling equipment ⓘ
shielded process cells ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decommissioningActivity equipment decontamination ⓘ
facility stabilization ⓘ
preparation for long-term closure ⓘ
designedFor large-scale aqueous chemical processing ⓘ
environmentalConcern management of high-level waste ⓘ
radioactive liquid waste generation ⓘ
hasType canyon-type processing building ⓘ
historicalUse processing of irradiated targets for special nuclear materials ⓘ
separation and recovery of plutonium from production reactors ⓘ
locatedIn South Carolina ⓘ
United States ⓘ
location Savannah River Site ⓘ
near Aiken, South Carolina ⓘ
Augusta, Georgia ⓘ
operatedBy U.S. Department of Energy contractors ⓘ
ownedBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
partOf Savannah River Site production complex ⓘ
linked to: Savannah River Site

U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons infrastructure ⓘ
primaryProduct special nuclear materials for defense ⓘ
weapons-grade plutonium ⓘ
regulatoryOversightBy Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
relatedFacility H Canyon ⓘ
safetyFeature massive concrete shielding ⓘ
ventilation and filtration systems ⓘ
status shut down for production operations ⓘ
under deactivation and decommissioning activities ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
usedFor chemical separation of irradiated nuclear fuel ⓘ
production of defense-related nuclear materials ⓘ
recovery of plutonium ⓘ
recovery of uranium ⓘ
support of U.S. nuclear weapons programs ⓘ

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H Canyon → associatedFacility → F Canyon ⓘ