Booklet summarizing the construction of the Savannah River Plant in Savannah River, South Carolina, built by DuPont on a contract from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Item 16 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
The field assemblies are shown under twenty feet of water and behind empty fuel hangers. For the high flux operation, the Atomic Energy Commission has converted a reactor from military to peaceful applications. The objectives of this operation are...
Total cost to build plant was $1,300,000,000 and involved more than 8,100 companies of which 5,745 were small firms. More than 138,000 purchase orders costing more $500,000,000 were placed. More than 87,000 orders totaling about $245,000,000 went...