You are here  EIS-0303: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement  Closure of High-Level Waste
Tanks at the Savannah RIver Site, Aiken, South Carolina  The
Department of Energy (DOE) intends to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) on the proposed closing of high-level
waste tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South
Carolina. DOE proposes to close the tanks to protect human
health and the environment and to promote safety. DOE’s
preferred alternative is to remove the residual waste from the
tanks to the extent technically and economically feasible, and
then to fill them with a reducing grout to bind up residual
waste and a structural material to prevent collapse of the
tanks.