H Canyon

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H Canyon is a large nuclear chemical separations facility at the Savannah River Site used for processing and recovering nuclear materials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility
nuclear chemical separations facility
associatedFacility F Canyon
buildingType canyon-style processing building
commissioned 1950s
constructionStart early 1950s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentRole supports cleanup and disposition of surplus nuclear materials
supports national security and nonproliferation programs
designedBy U.S. Atomic Energy Commission contractors
designedFor production of nuclear materials for U.S. defense programs
environmentalRole supports cleanup of legacy nuclear materials at Savannah River Site
handlesMaterial highly enriched uranium
other special nuclear materials
plutonium
spent nuclear fuel
hasHeight multi-story industrial structure
hasLength hundreds of meters (approximate scale)
hasProcess aqueous chemical separation
purification of nuclear materials
solvent extraction
historicalRole produced special nuclear materials during the Cold War
locatedIn Savannah River Site
nearCity Aiken, South Carolina
Augusta, Georgia
notableFeature massive reinforced concrete structure
one of the last large-scale, operating, chemical separations canyons in the United States
operatedBy Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
ownedBy U.S. Department of Energy
partOf Savannah River Site
surface form: Savannah River Site nuclear complex

U.S. nuclear weapons complex infrastructure
primaryFunction nuclear chemical separation
processing nuclear materials
recovering nuclear materials
regulator U.S. Department of Energy
safetyFeature heavily shielded process areas
remote handling of radioactive materials
securityLevel high-security nuclear facility
state South Carolina
status operational (as of early 21st century)
supportsProgram U.S. nonproliferation initiatives
U.S. nuclear material disposition programs
usedFor downblending highly enriched uranium
preparing materials for disposition or reuse
separating plutonium and uranium from irradiated nuclear fuel
stabilizing legacy nuclear materials
supporting nonproliferation missions

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Savannah River Site containsFacility H Canyon
this entity surface form: F Canyon