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SRNS Asbestos

Welcome Team tackles

to the March 2022 edition of inspection task
SRNS Today

Stuart MacVean The Savannah River Site is one of the largest and well-known employers in the Central
SRNS President and CEO Savannah River Area (CSRA). Most citizens know that we handle nuclear materials and
environmental cleanup, but what many don’t realize is how much it takes to support
those operations. From asbestos inspectors to nurses and construction personnel to
On the cover continuous improvement professionals, our workforce is vast, diverse and proud of
At SRP Park in North what we do.
Augusta, SRNS employees SRNS support services accomplished a lot in recent months. The SRNS Asbestos
gathered to celebrate the
recent AHA Heart Walk. Team continued to make progress on an asbestos inventory for more than 3,000
buildings and structures at SRS, with 1,281 buildings fully inspected to date. The
Savannah River Tritium Enterprise maintenance team achieved a major reduction in its
corrective maintenance backlog -- meeting their goal a year early, then exceeding that
goal the next year. The SRS Fire Department also purchased a new heavy rescue truck
as part of their fleet modernization project.

Our employees also continue to make an impact in our community. SRNS surpassed SRNS Asbestos Inspectors Carlos Stantos (left), and Autrey Mikell, thoroughly and safely inspect a utility room within an administrative building at SRS.
their original $130,000 fundraising goal for the American Heart Association (AHA) he SRNS Asbestos Team continues work to ensure an asbestos said Hanshew. “Properly controlled and managed, it is still used today
Heart Walk, raising $134,000. SRNS again supported the CSRA Regional Science T inventory is complete for more than 3,000 SRS buildings and within many products, materials and structures throughout the U.S.,
and Engineering Fair in 2022. Additionally, we partnered with the Aiken County Public structures. even in newer buildings.”
School District to increase the number of students participating in STEM-related Six highly qualified SRNS inspectors and a lead professional under the Working with the Asbestos Triad, personnel within all SRNS facilities
Advanced Placement classes. guidance of the SRNS Asbestos Triad are steadily accomplishing this have three actions to complete:

Everything we do – whether in supporting roles or directly – is focused on making the mammoth task. • Develop a facility asbestos inventory,
world safer. The Asbestos Triad, a team of three SRNS asbestos experts, evaluate • Ensure existing asbestos signs and labels are legible and not
any SRS asbestos-related issues, questions or events per Federal deteriorated, replacing each as needed, and
and State Regulations. Members include the SRS Asbestos Program
Administrator, the Asbestos Project Designer and the Industrial Hygiene • Verify the facility workgroups have completed Asbestos
Asbestos Subject Matter Expert. This group’s most important duty is Awareness Training.
making the final decision on all things asbestos. “I’m proud of our asbestos team,” said Hanshew. “Each member
To date, 1,281 buildings and structures have been fully inspected of the team continually demonstrates a high level of knowledge
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, is a Fluor-led company whose members are Fluor Federal Services, Newport News Nuclear and according to the 4Q-211 Asbestos Compliance Program Procedure. and experience related to this field and are dedicated to safely and
Honeywell. Since August 2008, SRNS has been the management and operating contractor for the Savannah River Site, a Department of Energy- “We’re working closely with each facility to implement a strategic promptly reducing the number of facilities requiring an asbestos
owned site near Aiken, South Carolina. The SRNS corporate and community offices are located in the renovated 1912 “Old Post Office” building approach to this challenge,” said Melissa Hanshew, SRNS Environmental inventory to zero.
in Aiken. The primary initiatives of SRNS are national security, clean energy and environmental stewardship. SRNS Today is published monthly Compliance and Area Completion Projects Operations Support Manager.
by SRNS Corporate Communications to inform our employees and other stakeholders of the company’s operational- and community-related Asbestos, a known carcinogen, is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral
activities. If you have questions or comments, please contact us at 803.952.6131 or visit our website. that is found throughout the world. Because of its strength and heat “We’re working closely with each facility to implement
savannahrivernuclearsolutions.com resistance, asbestos has been used in a variety of building construction a strategic approach to this challenge.”
materials for insulation and as a fire retardant. Asbestos has also been
used in a wide range of manufactured goods, including automobile Melissa Hanshew,
clutch, brake and transmission parts, heat-resistant fabrics, packaging, SRNS Environmental Compliance and Area Completion
COMMON ACRONYMS gaskets and coatings. Projects Operations Support Manager
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) • Savannah River Site (SRS) • Department of Energy (DOE) “Asbestos has a bad reputation, but in fact, played an important
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) • Central Savannah River Area (CSRA)
historical role at the Site beginning in the 1950s during the Cold War,”