能源部批准萨凡纳河钚芯生产设施绩效基线 主加工楼获准全面开工
华盛顿——美国能源部10月16日宣布，已批准萨凡纳河钚芯生产设施（SRPPF）主加工楼的绩效基线，并授权全面启动施工。这项被称为「关键决定2/3」（CD-2/3）的批准于10月15日签署。
萨凡纳河钚芯生产设施位于南卡罗来纳州的萨凡纳河场址，占地约160英亩，由主生产设施与辅助配套设施组成，用于生产核武器储备所需的钚芯。能源部表示，今年早些时候，该设施配套的高保真培训与运营中心已先行获批同一阶段决定。
能源部称，主加工楼建成后，萨凡纳河场址将与洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室并列成为钚芯生产点，这是国家核安全管理局「双场址战略」的一部分，目的是向战争部交付钚芯、维持现代化的核威慑力量。能源部的发布没有公布该基线包含的造价与完工时间表。
萨凡纳河场址横跨南卡罗来纳州艾肯、阿伦代尔与巴恩韦尔三县，面积约310平方英里，建于上世纪50年代，冷战时期主要生产核武器所用的钚与氚，目前场址的重点工作包括核废料处置与环境清理。
DOE Baselines Savannah River Pit Production Facility, Authorizes Full Construction of Main Processing Building
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy announced on October 16 that it has approved the performance baseline and authorized a full start of construction for the Main Processing Building of the Savannah River Pit Production Facility (SRPPF) in South Carolina. The approval, known as Critical Decision 2/3, was signed on October 15.
The facility, covering about 160 acres of the Savannah River Site, includes the primary production building and auxiliary support facilities needed to produce war-reserve plutonium pits. Earlier this year, DOE approved the same milestone for the facility's High-Fidelity Training and Operations Center.
Once construction is complete, the Savannah River Site will join Los Alamos National Laboratory as a pit production site under the National Nuclear Security Administration's two-site strategy. DOE did not publish cost or schedule figures for the approved baseline. The Savannah River Site, built in the 1950s across Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell counties, covers about 310 square miles and today focuses largely on waste disposal and environmental cleanup.
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图片来源：图：美国能源部总部福雷斯特大楼（资料照片）。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，公共领域，取自维基共享资源。File photo: the James V. Forrestal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Energy. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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