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‘Get on the Bus’

Virtual Tour

Look beyond the barricades

Y ou can now tour SRS from the comfort of your home, thanks to
a video newly created by SRNS Video Services. The video can be
seen on www.srs.gov and the SRS YouTube channel.
SRS public tours are usually booked months in advance, and each year
the SRS Tour Program typically provides free, guided bus tours of the
sprawling 310 square-mile site to approximately 2,000 visitors. But with
social distancing limiting tour bus group sizes, DOE decided to develop
this new approach.
Based on the driving tour of SRS, the virtual ride incorporates historical
footage of the Site’s construction along with glimpses inside many
production facilities and environmental cleanup efforts, plus scenes from
the diverse work at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.
“We’ve seen so much of our world change and adapt to this pandemic,
so this is an innovative way for us to continue telling our story,” says
DOE Savannah River Operations Manager Mike Budney. “As SRS
celebrates 70 years of protecting our nation, this virtual tour gives our
surrounding communities a new window into our history, our current
missions and our talented workforce.”
The SRS Virtual Tour is one of many online materials available at
www.srs.gov. A variety of other videos on SRS operations, history and
more can be found on the SRS YouTube channel. Please check
https://www.srs.gov/general/tour/index.htm for SRS Tour Program
updates and future scheduling of public tours.

WATCH THE VIDEO:
Go to srs.gov or https://youtu.be/XyKm9Sk3LB8