Author : Savannah River Site Museum
Release : 2022-10-10
Genre : History
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Savannah River Plant - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Savannah River Plant write by Savannah River Site Museum. This book was released on 2022-10-10. Savannah River Plant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Savannah River Plant, now known as the Savannah River Site (SRS), served a critical role in providing nuclear materials for national defense during the Cold War. After the Soviet Union successfully detonated an atomic bomb in 1949, the race to develop the hydrogen bomb began with the construction of a tritium and plutonium production plant in rural South Carolina. This 1950s government project displaced a total of nearly 6,000 people, and the arrival of plant workers into the area forever changed the culture and economy of the surrounding Aiken and Augusta communities. The Savannah River Plant marked a new era of technological innovations and scientific advances that shaped the future not only of South Carolina but the entire nation.