query: Where is the Savannah River?

title: Savannah River

text: is located on the Tallulah River, a tributary of the Tugaloo River that forms the northwest branch of the Savannah River. Two major cities are located along the Savannah River: Savannah, and Augusta, Georgia. They were nuclei of early English settlements during the Colonial period of American history. The Savannah River is tidal at Savannah proper. Downstream from there, the river broadens into an estuary before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. The area where the river's estuary meets the ocean is known as "Tybee Roads". The Intracoastal Waterway flows through a section of the Savannah River near the city of

title: Savannah River

text: Charleston, they viewed the Westo tribe as an obstacle. In order to remove the tribe, they sent a group called the Goose Creek Men to arm the Savanna (also known as the Savannah) Indians, a Shawnee tribe, who defeated the Westo in the Westo War of 1680. Following this, the English colonists renamed the river as the Savannah; it was integral to early development. They founded two major cities on the river during the colonial era: Savannah was established in 1733 as a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean, and Augusta is located where the river crosses the Fall Line of

title: Savannah River

text: the barge travelled upstream from the Port of Savannah only to the Georgia Power's Plant McIntosh site, near Rincon, Georgia; from there, the cargo was moved by a road transporter. The Savannah River has the fourth-highest toxic discharge in the country, according to a 2009 report by Environment America. This is a list of crossings of the Savannah River. Savannah River The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the

title: Savannah River

text: city of Savannah. The river becomes a large estuary at the coast, where fresh- and saltwater mix. River dredging operations to maintain the Port of Savannah have caused the estuary zone to move further upstream than its historical home. This is causing the transition of rare freshwater marshland into saltwater spartina marsh. The river supports a large variety of native and introduced aquatic species: Additionally, the river is one of only four left in the southeast with significant populations of "Hymenocallis coronaria", the shoals spider-lily. It has three populations in the primary river basin and one each in the tributaries

title: Savannah River

text: Savannah River The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the northernmost part of the border. The Savannah River drainage basin extends into the southeastern side of the Appalachian Mountains just inside North Carolina, bounded by the Eastern Continental Divide. The river is around long. It is formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo River and the Seneca River. Today this confluence is submerged beneath Lake Hartwell. The Tallulah Gorge

title: Savannah River Parkway

text: 78/US 278/SR 10 (Gordon Highway). The Savannah River Parkway is proposed to be included in the future I-3, which has been planned to connect the Savannah and Knoxville metropolitan areas. Savannah River Parkway The Savannah River Parkway (designated as SR 555 and SR 565) is a four-lane divided highway that roughly parallels the Savannah River in the U.S. state of Georgia, that exists in two distinct segments. The roadway is being considered for inclusion as part of Interstate 3 (I-3), which ultimately is planned to travel from Savannah to Knoxville, Tennessee. The western branch follows US 25/US 301/SR 73 from

title: Savannah River Site

text: Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a nuclear reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River, southeast of Augusta, Georgia. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons. It covers and employs more than 10,000 people. It is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The management and operating contract is held by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC (SRNS), and the Liquid Waste Operations contract is held by Savannah River Remediation,

title: Washington Savannah River Company

text: Washington Savannah River Company Washington Savannah River Company LLC was an environmental remediation company that operated the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina until 2009. Washington Savannah River Company, LLC provides environmental cleanup, nuclear waste collection and disposal, and remediation services. The company was formerly known as Westinghouse Savannah River Company LLC, changing its name to Washington Savannah River Company, LLC in September 2005. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Aiken, South Carolina. The new firm assumed the operation of the Savannah River Site from DuPont who had built and run the plant from 1950. Washington

title: Washington Savannah River Company

text: Savannah River Company, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Westinghouse Government Services Company LLC. In 2008 the Department of Energy awarded the contract to manage and operate the Savannah River Site (SRS) to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and a contract to manage the liquid waste at the Site to Savannah River Remediation. In 2009 Washington Savannah River Company, LLC's contract ended as the two new contractors took over operations. Washington Savannah River Company Washington Savannah River Company LLC was an environmental remediation company that operated the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina until 2009. Washington Savannah River Company, LLC provides

title: Savannah River

text: colonial southeast. The Spanish word was borrowed from the Taino word "zabana". Other theories interpret the name Savannah to come from Atlantic coastal tribes, who spoke Algonquian languages, as there are similar terms meaning not only "southerner" but perhaps "salt". Historical and variant names of the Savannah River, as listed by the U.S. Geological Survey, include May River, Westobou River (for the Westo tribe), Kosalu River, Isundiga River and Girande River, among others. The Westobou River was the former name of the Savannah River that was derived from the Westo (also known as Westoe) Native American Indians. The Westo were

title: Savannah River

text: the Piedmont. The two large cities on the Savannah served as Georgia's first two state capitals. In the nineteenth century, the sandy river channel changed frequently, causing numerous steamboat accidents. During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a blockade around the Confederate states, forcing merchantmen to use specific ports along the coast best suited for this purpose. The harbor at Savannah became one of the busiest ports for blockade runners bringing in supplies for the Confederacy. The Savannah River was significant during the 1950s when construction started on the U.S. government's Savannah River Plant for making plutonium and

title: Savannah River Site

text: then directed SRNS to start transition on 2 May and take over operation on 1 August 2008. Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a nuclear reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River, southeast of Augusta, Georgia. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons. It covers and employs more than 10,000 people. It is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The management and operating contract is held by Savannah

title: Savannah River Parkway

text: Savannah River Parkway The Savannah River Parkway (designated as SR 555 and SR 565) is a four-lane divided highway that roughly parallels the Savannah River in the U.S. state of Georgia, that exists in two distinct segments. The roadway is being considered for inclusion as part of Interstate 3 (I-3), which ultimately is planned to travel from Savannah to Knoxville, Tennessee. The western branch follows US 25/US 301/SR 73 from I-16 south-southwest of Statesboro into the southern parts of the city. It then follows US 25 Byp./SR 67 Byp. around the western edge of the city, then US 25/US 80/SR

title: Savannah River National Laboratory

text: tritium and plutonium at the Savannah River Site during the Cold War. SRNL is a founding member of the South Carolina Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Alliance (SCHFCA). SRNL employs 945 people and has an annual budget of 210 million U.S. Dollars (2010). SRNL has been operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy since 2008. The LLC is a partnership between Fluor Corporation, Newport News Nuclear, Inc. (a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) and Honeywell International. Savannah River National Laboratory The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program national laboratory for the U.S. Department

title: Savannah River National Laboratory

text: Savannah River National Laboratory The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program national laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management. SRNL is located at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Jackson, South Carolina. It was founded in 1951 as the Savannah River Laboratory. It was certified as a national laboratory on May 7, 2004. SRNL research topics include environmental remediation, technologies for the hydrogen economy, handling of hazardous materials and technologies for prevention of nuclear proliferation. It has specific experience in vitrification of nuclear waste and hydrogen storage initially developed to support production of

title: Savannah River

text: Dam (1985) and their reservoirs combine in order to form over of lakes. Donnie Thompson named a small subdivision "Westobou Crossing" which is located in North Augusta, South Carolina. The area of the subdivision is located marks the first natural ford that crosses the Savannah River, thus promoting trade and allowing travel. Many native artifacts were found in the area and these now belong to private collections. The Savannah River flows through a variety of climates and ecosystems throughout its course. It is considered an alluvial river, draining a drainage basin and carrying large amounts of sediment to the ocean.

title: Central Savannah River Area

text: Central Savannah River Area The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is a trading and marketing region in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, spanning thirteen counties in Georgia and eight in South Carolina. The term was coined in 1950 by C.C. McCollum, the winner of a $250 contest held by "The Augusta Chronicle" to generate the best name for the area. Today the initialism is so commonly used that the full name is not known to all residents. The region is located on and named after the Savannah River, which forms the border between the two states. The

title: Central Savannah River Area

text: largest cities within the CSRA are Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina. (The CSRA does not include the city of Savannah, Georgia or any portion of the Savannah metropolitan area.) The total population of the CSRA is 768,402 in 2010. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the seven-county Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area (at the center of the CSRA) had an estimated population of 580,270 in 2013, making it the second most populous in the state of Georgia. Central Savannah River Area The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is a trading and marketing region in the U.S. states of Georgia

title: Savannah River Site

text: 1987, DuPont notified DOE that it would not continue to operate and manage the site. The Effluent Treatment Project (ETP) construction began. In 1988, K, L and P Reactors were shut down. An Effluent Treatment Facility began operations to treat low-level radioactive wastewater from the F and H Area Separations facilities. In 1989, the site was included on the National Priority List and became regulated by the EPA. Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) assumed management and operation of site facilities. The name of the facility changed from Savannah River Plant (SRP) to Savannah River Site (SRS). In 1990, construction of

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: Award for outstanding research contributions from the American Society of Mammalogy, in which he was a lifetime member. − Savannah River Ecology Laboratory The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) is a research unit of the University of Georgia, located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina. SREL is supported by federal, state, industry and foundation funding. Since the laboratory's founding in 1951 by Dr. Eugene Odum of the University of Georgia, a pioneer of modern ecology, SREL scientists have conducted long-term environmental studies on the SRS nuclear facility. SREL offers short and

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) is a research unit of the University of Georgia, located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina. SREL is supported by federal, state, industry and foundation funding. Since the laboratory's founding in 1951 by Dr. Eugene Odum of the University of Georgia, a pioneer of modern ecology, SREL scientists have conducted long-term environmental studies on the SRS nuclear facility. SREL offers short and long-term educational and research opportunities in ecology and environmental sciences for graduate and undergraduate students. A wide variety of

title: Savannah River

text: of Stevens Creek in South Carolina and the Broad River in Georgia. The Savannah River basin in the Southeast region of the U.S. has been experiencing environmental change from anthropocentric activities. The conversion of the vegetation cover, including the urban growth, agriculture expansion, and deforestation and reforestation take place throughout the basin, especially near the lakes and tributary waters in the middle and lower Savannah Basin. The continuous change of land use such as the conversion of forest areas to other types of land cover and vice versa can significantly lead to increasing threats to the environmental systems of the

title: Savannah River Site

text: on the $4.86 billion MOX facility. Following startup testing, the facility expects a disposition rate of up to 3.5 tons of plutonium oxide each year. In 2008, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) was awarded the contract for Maintenance and Operation of SRS. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) was awarded the contract for the Liquid Waste Operations of SRS. Historical markers were placed in P and R Areas commemorating the role both reactors played towards winning the Cold War. Construction on the Waste Solidification Building (WSB) began. In 2009, SRS began The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) project representing a $1.6

title: Savannah River Site

text: and Community Assistance was started. In 1994, the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board was established. The Replacement Tritium Facility saw its startup. In 1996, DWPF introduced radioactive material into the vitrification process. K Reactor was shut down. F Canyon was restarted and began stabilizing nuclear materials. In 1997, the first high-level radioactive waste tanks were closed, numbers 17 and 20. The Cold War Historic Preservation Program was begun. In 2000, the K-Reactor building was converted to the K Area Materials Storage Facility. The Savannah River Site was selected as the location of three new plutonium facilities for: a MOX

title: Savannah River Site

text: shipped its 10,000th drum of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a DOE facility in New Mexico, 12 years ahead of schedule. In a visit, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham designated the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), one of 12 DOE national laboratories. Two prototype bomb disposal robots developed by SRNL were deployed for military use in Iraq. 2005 saw the Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF) completed for the purpose of extracting tritium from materials irradiated in the Tennessee Valley Authority's commercial nuclear reactors. Savannah River Site's first shipment of neptunium oxide arrived at the Argonne West Laboratory

title: Savannah River

text: region. Through the building of several locks and dams in the first half of the 20th century (such as the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, completed in 1937 during the Great Depression), and upstream reservoirs like Lake Hartwell, the Savannah River was once navigable by freight barges between Augusta, Georgia (on the Fall Line) and the Atlantic Ocean. Maintenance of this channel for commercial shipping ended in 1979, and the one lock below Augusta has been deactivated. When a large piece of equipment (a deaerator) needed to be delivered to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant construction site in 2013,

title: Savannah River Site

text: in 1964. In 1965, californium-252, the heaviest isotope produced at SRP, was separated as a byproduct of the curium program. Beginning in 1969, californium-252 was made in a separate production program. Following the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash, the Savannah River Site received contaminated soil from the environmental clean up and remediation. Soil with radiation contamination levels above 1.2 MBq/m2 was placed in 250-litre (66 U.S. gallon) drums and shipped to the Savannah River Plant for burial. A total of 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) was decontaminated by this technique, producing 6,000 barrels. 17 hectares (42 acres) of land with lower levels

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: word "zabana".) Still other theories suggest that the name Savannah originates from Algonquian terms meaning not only "southerners" but perhaps "salt". Savannah lies on the Savannah River, approximately upriver from the Atlantic Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau (2011), the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water (5.15%). Savannah is the primary port on the Savannah River and the largest port in the state of Georgia. It is also located near the U.S. Intracoastal Waterway. Georgia's Ogeechee River flows toward the Atlantic Ocean some south of downtown Savannah, and forms the

title: Savannah River

text: Savannah. The name "Savannah" comes from a group of Shawnee who migrated to the Piedmont region in the 1680s. They destroyed the Westo and occupied established Westo lands at the Savannah River's head of navigation on the Fall Line, near present-day Augusta. These Shawnee were called by several variant names that all derive from their native name, "Ša·wano·ki" (literally, "southerners"). The local variants included Shawano, Savano, Savana, and Savannah. Another theory is that the name was derived from the English term "savanna", a kind of tropical grassland, which was borrowed by the English from Spanish "sabana" and used in the

title: Reserve at Savannah Harbor

text: operated by Chatham Area Transit also services the island from historic River Street in Savannah. Reserve at Savannah Harbor The Reserve at Savannah Harbor is the first neighborhood community on Hutchinson Island, Georgia, , a river island located directly across the Savannah River from historic downtown Savannah, Georgia and now being developed with commercial and residential components. The neighborhood is in size and surrounded on three sides by the Savannah Harbor Golf Course, which hosts the annual Champions Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, and on the fourth by the Back River. The Talmadge Bridge and Causeway connects Hutchinson Island

title: Savannah Town, South Carolina

text: was closed. Savannah Town, variously called Savano Town, Savanaton or Old Savannah, was located at 33°26'18"N, 81°54'32"W (NAD83/WGS84), 225 river miles above the port of Savannah. The closest modern town is Beech Island, South Carolina. (Related names of settlements are the city of Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1733 at the mouth of the river by James Oglethorpe, and New Savannah, a Chickasaw town located downstream on the Georgia side of the river.) Due to uncertain political jurisdiction over Savannah River islands and sand bars, this area became a popular dueling ground in the early 19th century. The ferry at Savannah

title: Savannah River Site

text: which is a team of companies led by AECOM. A major focus is cleanup activities related to work done in the past for American nuclear buildup. Currently none of the reactors on-site are operating (see list of nuclear reactors), although two of the reactor buildings are being used to consolidate and store nuclear materials. SRS is also home to the Savannah River National Laboratory and the USA's only operating radiochemical separations facility. Its tritium facilities are also the United States' only source of tritium, an essential component in nuclear weapons. The USA's only mixed oxide fuel (MOX) manufacturing plant is

title: Savannah River

text: tritium for nuclear weapons. In 1956 Clyde L. Cowan and Frederick Reines detected neutrinos with an experiment carried out at the Savannah River Nuclear Plant, after a preliminary experiment at the Hanford Site. They placed a 10-ton tank of water next to a powerful nuclear reactor engaged in making plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. After shielding the neutrino trap underground and running it for about 100 days over the course of a year, they detected a few synchronized flashes of gamma radiation that signaled the interaction of a few neutrinos with the protons in the water. The neutrinos were

title: Reserve at Savannah Harbor

text: Reserve at Savannah Harbor The Reserve at Savannah Harbor is the first neighborhood community on Hutchinson Island, Georgia, , a river island located directly across the Savannah River from historic downtown Savannah, Georgia and now being developed with commercial and residential components. The neighborhood is in size and surrounded on three sides by the Savannah Harbor Golf Course, which hosts the annual Champions Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, and on the fourth by the Back River. The Talmadge Bridge and Causeway connects Hutchinson Island with Savannah to the south and South Carolina to the north. A five-minute ferry service

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: Savannah, Georgia Savannah () is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city, with a 2017 estimated population of 146,444. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third largest, had an estimated population of

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: Hope. The Savannah International Trade & Convention Center is located on Hutchinson Island, across from downtown Savannah and surrounded by the Savannah River. The Belles Ferry connects the island with the mainland, as does the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge. The Georgia Historical Society, an independent educational and research institution, has a research center in Savannah. The research center's library and archives hold the oldest collection of materials related to Georgia history. The Savannah Civic Center on Montgomery Street is host to more than nine hundred events each year. Savannah has consistently been named one of "America's Favorite Cities" by ""Travel

title: Savannah, Ohio

text: Savannah, Ohio Savannah is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 413 at the 2010 census. Savannah was laid out in 1818. A post office called Savannah has been in operation since 1839. Savannah is located at (40.965249, -82.365168), along the Vermilion River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 413 people, 139 households, and 108 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 152 housing units at an

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: southern city limit. Savannah is prone to flooding. Five canals and several pumping stations have been built to help reduce the effects: Fell Street Canal, Pipe Makers Canal, Kayton Canal, Springfield Canal and Casey Canal, the first four draining north into the Savannah River and the last, the Casey, draining south into the Vernon River. Savannah's climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen "Cfa"). In the Deep South, this is characterized by long and almost tropical summers and short, mild winters. Savannah records few days of freezing temperatures each year (and has rare snowfall). Due to its proximity to the

title: Savannah, Ohio

text: median income of $33,333 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,546. About 8.7% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over. Savannah, Ohio Savannah is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 413 at the 2010 census. Savannah was laid out in 1818. A post office called Savannah has been in operation since 1839. Savannah is located at (40.965249, -82.365168), along the Vermilion River. According to the United States Census Bureau,

title: Port of Savannah

text: Savannah Express (ESX), will provide increased capacity between south and central China and Savannah. The ESX will offer a transit time of 22 days from Hong Kong to Savannah, making this service the fastest available to the U.S. East Coast. The ESX originates in Ningbo then call on Shanghai, Chiwan, Hong Kong, Panama and then Savannah, New York, Norfolk, Panama and back to Ningbo. Port of Savannah The Port of Savannah is a major U. S. seaport located at Savannah, Georgia. Its facilities for oceangoing vessels line both sides of the Savannah River approximately from the Atlantic Ocean. Operated by

title: CSS Savannah (ironclad)

text: Savannah was threatened by the approach of General William T. Sherman. CSS Savannah (ironclad) CSS "Savannah" was a "Richmond"-class casemate ironclad in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. "Savannah" was built by H. F. Willink for the Confederacy at Savannah, Georgia, in 1863. On June 30, 1863 she was transferred to naval forces in the Savannah River under the command of Flag Officer William W. Hunter. Under Commander Robert F. Pinkney, she maintained her reputation as the most efficient vessel of the squadron and was kept ready for service. She remained on the river and was burned

title: History of Savannah, Georgia

text: km²) of land between the Ogeechee and Altamaha rivers and the headwaters of the Oconee and Savannah rivers was ceded to Georgia by the Creeks and Cherokees in 1773. Additional fortune came to the city in 1763 following the Treaty of Paris, which opened the interior of North America to British economic interests. This was an important milestone in the development of Savannah, as it marks the beginning of economic ties to the interior. Trade, particularly the trade of deerskins, flourished along the upper Savannah River where skins were sent to Augusta and finally through Savannah for export to Europe.

title: New Savannah, Georgia

text: Georgia. Aside from a nearby cemetery, nothing remains of the original site, which is located within New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Park. New Savannah, Georgia The dead town of New Savannah began "circa" 1740 as a Chickasaw village on the Savannah River, at the mouth of Butler Creek below Augusta. Stories as to the circumstances vary, but in any case some portion of the Horse Creek Chickasaws under Squirrel King moved across the river and founded the town from which they farmed, hunted and scouted until the Revolutionary War. In 1757, CPT Daniel Pepper estimated the population there as

title: Savannah, Nebraska

text: Savannah, Nebraska Savannah is a ghost town in Butler County, Nebraska, in the United States. Savannah was established around 1859, benefiting from its proximity to Shinn's Ferry, a ferry service across the Platte River. It was the first county seat of Butler County, as voted in an 1868 election. A post office was established at Savannah in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1882. An 1873 election relocated the county seat to the newly established David City, and Savannah's residents and merchants moved their buildings to the new town. The village ultimately disappeared, but Savannah Township

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: the city until July 1782. In December 1804 the state legislature declared Milledgeville the new capital of Georgia. Savannah, a prosperous seaport throughout the nineteenth century, was the Confederacy's sixth most populous city and the prime objective of General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea. Early on December 21, 1864, local authorities negotiated a peaceful surrender to save Savannah from destruction, and Union troops marched into the city at dawn. Savannah was named for the Savannah River, which probably derives from variant names for the Shawnee, a Native American people who migrated to the river in the 1680s. The

title: Savannah River Site

text: nuclear operations, having designed and built the plutonium production complex at the Hanford site for the Manhattan Project during World War II. A large portion of farmland, the towns of Ellenton and Dunbarton, and several other communities including Meyers Mill, Leigh, Robbins, and Hawthorne were bought under eminent domain, and the site of became the Savannah River Site, managed by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Biologists from the University of Georgia, led by professor Eugene Odum, began ecological studies of local plants and animals in 1951, and plant construction began. Production of heavy water for site reactors started in the

title: Savannah River Site

text: and the U.S.A. The Russian Federation has met its obligations of the 2000 treaty, completed its processing facility and commenced processing of plutonium into MOX fuel with experimental quantities produced in 2014 for a cost of about $200m USD, reaching industrial capacity in 2015. A report by the National Nuclear Security Administration estimated the total cost over a 20-year life cycle for the Savannah river site MOX plant to be $47 billion if the funding cap was increased to $500 million p.a. or $110 billion if it were increased to $375 million. Other studies have disputed this cost assessment as

title: Savannah River Site

text: of contamination was mixed to a depth of 30 centimeters (12 in) by harrowing and plowing. On rocky slopes with contamination above 120 kBq/m², the soil was removed with hand tools and shipped to the United States in barrels. In 1968, L Reactor was shut down for upgrades, and, in 1971, K Reactor became the first reactor to be controlled by computer. The site was designated as a National Environmental Research Park in 1972. 1977 saw the startup of the Plutonium Fuel Fabrication (PUFF) Facility. The Savannah River Archaeological Program (SRARP) was established onsite in 1978 to perform data analysis

title: Savannah River Site

text: Scientists reported finding a new species of radiation-resistant extremophiles inside one of the tanks. It was named Kineococcus radiotolerans. In January 2003, Westinghouse Savannah River Co. completed transferring the last of F Canyon’s radioactive material to H Tank Farm. DWPF began radioactive operations with its second melter, installed during a shutdown. The last depleted uranium metal was shipped from M Area for disposition at Envirocare of Utah. The last unit of spent nuclear fuel from RBOF was shipped across the site to L Reactor in preparation for RBOF's deactivation. Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) construction began. In 2004, the site

title: Savannah River Site

text: a cooling tower for K Reactor began. Saltstone started operation. In 1991, the mixed waste management facility became the first site facility to be closed and certified under the provisions of RCRA. L Reactor and M Area settling basin were shut down. With the end of the Cold War, production of nuclear materials for weapons use ceased. Roger D. Wensil, a pipe-fitter, worked for the B.F. Shaw Co., a subcontractor at Savannah River. In 1985, Wensil was dismissed as a whistleblower, after he complained of safety violations and illegal drug use among construction workers building a sensitive nuclear waste-handling facility

title: Savannah River Site

text: being constructed at SRS overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration. When operational, the MOX facility will convert legacy weapons-grade plutonium into fuel suitable for commercial power reactors. Future plans for the site cover a wide range of options, including host to research reactors, a reactor park for power generation, and other possible uses. DOE and its corporate partners are watched by a combination of local, regional and national regulatory agencies and citizen groups. In 1950, the federal government requested that DuPont build and operate a nuclear facility near the Savannah River in South Carolina. The company had expertise in

title: Savannah River Site

text: fuel fabrication; pit disassembly and conversion; and plutonium immobilization. WSRC earned the DOE's top safety performance honor of Star Status. Thousands of shipments of transuranic waste were contained and sent by truck and by rail to the DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Project in New Mexico, with the first shipments beginning in 2001. DWPF completed production of four million pounds of environmentally acceptable classified waste. In 2002, the F Canyon and FB Line facilities completed their last production run. The Savannah River Technology Center participated in a study of using a nuclear power reactor to produce hydrogen from water.

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: deaths due to gun violence, a number not seen since the early 1990s. First quarter of 2018 saw crime trending downward, compared to 2017. Savannah's unincorporated suburbs within Chatham County include several located on urbanized barrier islands east of the city. Savannah, Georgia Savannah () is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution

title: Savannah (film)

text: Hunter", Haywood-Carter co-wrote the screenplay with Kenneth Carter. Gil Talmi signed on to do the music for the film while Mike Ozier was in charge of cinematography and John David Allen with editing. Ketchup Entertainment released the film with Unclaimed Freight Productions production in association with Meddin Studios. Filming started in early 2011 and took 21 days to shoot. The film was shot at various Savannah locations. Savannah (film) Savannah is a 2013 American historical family drama film directed, produced and written by Annette Haywood-Carter. It is based on the true story and the book "Ward Allen: Savannah River Market

title: Where the River Goes

text: Muthspiel compositions; Mehldau contributed "Blueshead". "Where the River Goes" was released by ECM on October 5, 2018. The AllMusic reviewer wrote: ""Where the River Goes" is more speculative than its predecessor, but it's so kinetic in its group engagement, it doesn't feel that way. Its seemingly effortless conversation sets a new bar for this group going forward." Where the River Goes Where the River Goes is an album by guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. It was recorded in 2018 and released by ECM Records later that year. Guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel's first album for ECM Records was "Driftwood" in 2014, a trio recording

title: CSS Savannah (ironclad)

text: CSS Savannah (ironclad) CSS "Savannah" was a "Richmond"-class casemate ironclad in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. "Savannah" was built by H. F. Willink for the Confederacy at Savannah, Georgia, in 1863. On June 30, 1863 she was transferred to naval forces in the Savannah River under the command of Flag Officer William W. Hunter. Under Commander Robert F. Pinkney, she maintained her reputation as the most efficient vessel of the squadron and was kept ready for service. She remained on the river and was burned by the Confederates on December 21, 1864 when the city of

title: Savannah Archaeological Site

text: Savannah Archaeological Site The Savannah Archaeological Site in Hardin County, Tennessee, is a prehistoric complex of platform mounds and village of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture, a regional variation of Mississippian culture. The Mississippian culture village and mound complex is located on the eastern bank of the Tennessee River and is covered by the modern city of Savannah, Tennessee. The sixteen mounds form a zig zag line nearly a mile in length along the Tennessee River. The largest of the platform mounds is located at the center of the site, and was in height. A trench circling along the east

title: Savannah River Site

text: of Radiation Ecology, it was renamed in the mid-1960s the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, reflecting the broad spectrum of ecological studies carried out on the site. In 1962, the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor (HWCTR) went into operation, testing the heavy water system for use with civilian power reactors. In 1963, Receiving Basin for Off-Site Fuels (RBOF) received its first shipment of off-site spent nuclear fuel. That same year, curium-244 was produced as a heat source for space exploration. This was the first full scale conversion of an SRP reactor load to nonweapons materials. R-Reactor and HWCTR were shut down

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: assistance from the Department of Energy. 2016: SREL grows to 108 faculty, staff and students and reaches an annual budget from all sources of ~8 million dollars, of which 2 million is from sources external to the Savannah River Site. SREL's graduate cohort grows to 36 students and SREL's NSF-funded undergraduate experiential learning program hosts 13 students. SREL adds one additional tenure track faculty member and one additional research scientist. SREL researchers publish 75 peer-reviewed research articles and SREL's outreach program reaches 39,000 individuals in the local community. SREL hires a new outreach program manager, P.J. Perea, to advance SREL's

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: Centers and SREL faculty increase participation in undergraduate and graduate instruction by three additional courses. 2014: SREL grows to approximately 90 faculty, staff and students and reaches an annual budget from all sources of ~ 5 million dollars, of which 1 million is from sources external to the Savannah River Site. SREL's graduate student cohort grows to 25 students and SREL's radioecology summer internship program hosts another 6 undergraduates. SREL begins to refurbish its facilities after over a decade of deferred maintenance. SREL adds one new research scientist to the faculty and 5 new postdocs. SREL faculty publish 46 peer-reviewed

title: Savannah Subdivision

text: in 1903. The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line merged in 1967, with the merged company becoming CSX by 1986. The merger led to consolidation of the two lines and the abandonment of some of the S Line in Savannah. This includes the segment from Savannah south to Ogeechee which originally ran right beside the Atlantic Coast Line route (the current route). Remnants of the Seaboard's bridge over the Ogeechee River remain next to the current bridge. Savannah Subdivision The Savannah Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Georgia. Through the middle

title: Savannah, Nebraska

text: carries on the name. Savannah, Nebraska Savannah is a ghost town in Butler County, Nebraska, in the United States. Savannah was established around 1859, benefiting from its proximity to Shinn's Ferry, a ferry service across the Platte River. It was the first county seat of Butler County, as voted in an 1868 election. A post office was established at Savannah in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1882. An 1873 election relocated the county seat to the newly established David City, and Savannah's residents and merchants moved their buildings to the new town. The village ultimately

title: Port of Savannah

text: Port of Savannah The Port of Savannah is a major U. S. seaport located at Savannah, Georgia. Its facilities for oceangoing vessels line both sides of the Savannah River approximately from the Atlantic Ocean. Operated by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the Port of Savannah competes primarily with the Port of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina to the northeast, and the Port of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida to the south. The GPA operates one other Atlantic seaport in Georgia, the Port of Brunswick, located at Brunswick, Georgia. There are three interior ports linked to the Gulf of Mexico, Port Bainbridge

title: New Savannah, Georgia

text: New Savannah, Georgia The dead town of New Savannah began "circa" 1740 as a Chickasaw village on the Savannah River, at the mouth of Butler Creek below Augusta. Stories as to the circumstances vary, but in any case some portion of the Horse Creek Chickasaws under Squirrel King moved across the river and founded the town from which they farmed, hunted and scouted until the Revolutionary War. In 1757, CPT Daniel Pepper estimated the population there as "seventy Gun Men" (Milling 1940:196). After the Revolution, New Savannah became a tobacco inspection. Tobacco leaf grown at local farms was packed into

title: Savannah Light

text: Savannah Light Savannah Lighthouse was a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, off the entrance to Savannah River, Georgia. It was the second tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter. The Savannah Texas Tower was constructed and placed in operation in 1964, and was built to be an automated light, controlled by the personnel at the Tybee Island Light Station. In 1996, it became the second Texas Tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter, the first instance being the Ambrose tower. In the case of the Savannah structure, the Singapore container ship "Neptune

title: Savannah River Parkway

text: 26/SR 67 northwest to Hopeulikit, where US 80/SR 26 leave the roadway. The highway travels to the north-northwest to Millen, picking up SR 121 and SR 23 along the way. The eastern branch begins at an as-yet undetermined point in downtown Savannah. It follows SR 21 out of the city. It has an interchange with I-95 in Port Wentworth and follows SR 21 northwest to Millen. In Millen, both branches merge and follow US 25/SR 121 northward to an interchange with I-520 in Augusta. They continue on to the point where US 25/SR 121 begin a concurrency with US 1/US

title: Savannah Smith

text: in London at the Olympics where both Men and Women brought home a GOLD MEDAL. Savannah is listed on the "Top Modern Women's Basketball Hall" and "Women's Basketball Pioneers" because of her two high school games in which she scored 48 points per game. Savannah is a Five Time State Track Champion for High Jump, Long Jump, 220, and 4X220 relay. Currently holds the All Time State Record for Tapps High Jump. Savannah Smith Savannah Smith (born 1992) is an American All State basketball player from Dallas. She is the youngest of four children. Savannah was born to Chris Christian

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: Shawnee destroyed another Native people, the Westo, and occupied their lands at the head of the Savannah River's navigation on the fall line, near present-day Augusta. These Shawnee, whose Native name was "Ša·wano·ki" (literally, "southerners"), were known by several local variants, including Shawano, Savano, Savana and Savannah. Another theory is that the name Savannah refers to the extensive marshlands surrounding the river for miles inland, and is derived from the English term "savanna", a kind of tropical grassland, which was borrowed by the English from Spanish "sabana" and used in the Southern Colonies. (The Spanish word comes from the Taino

title: Savannah, Tennessee

text: made it a state park. Savannah is located just west of the center of Hardin County at (35.223674, -88.237011), on the east bank of the Tennessee River. U.S. Route 64 passes through the center of town on Bridge Avenue, Main Street, and Wayne Road. US 64 leads east to Waynesboro and west to Selmer. Tennessee State Route 69 leads southeast to the Alabama border. Florence, Alabama, is southeast of Savannah via SR 69 and Alabama State Route 20. According to the United States Census Bureau, Savannah has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. As of

title: Port of Savannah

text: the Port of Savannah. In the past five years, the port's container traffic has jumped 55 percent from handled in fiscal 2003 to in fiscal 2007. By 2014, container traffic was up to . In response to the growth in traffic at both Savannah and the Port of Charleston, the Jasper Ocean Terminal, to be the largest port in the country when it is completed, is planned to be built upriver on the Savannah River by the mid 2020s. Port of Savannah was unable to accommodate further terminal growth, which caused it to develop satellite terminal facilities and inland distribution.

title: Savannah Town, South Carolina

text: Savannah Town, South Carolina Savannah Town, South Carolina is a defunct settlement that was located in the colonial years on the Savannah River below the Fall Line in present-day Aiken County. In the 1670s the Westo had a village here, but they were displaced by the Savannah (as the English called a local Shawnee band) in a trade war, and it became known by 1685 as Savannah Town. The English colony had traders who did a lucrative business in dressed skins with the Savannah Shawnee. Fortified as a frontier post, the settlement developed and ferry service was established across the

title: Where the River Goes

text: Where the River Goes Where the River Goes is an album by guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. It was recorded in 2018 and released by ECM Records later that year. Guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel's first album for ECM Records was "Driftwood" in 2014, a trio recording with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Brian Blade. For the following "Rising Grace", trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Brad Mehldau were added. For "Where the River Goes", Eric Harland replaced Blade on drums in the quintet. The album was recorded in February 2018, at the same studio used for "Rising Grace". Six of the eight tracks are

title: Savannah Town, South Carolina

text: Town, later called Sand Bar Ferry, continued to operate until a road bridge was constructed over the river in the 1920s. George Galphin operated a trading post at nearby Silver Bluff; it was prosperous until Galphin's death in 1780. Silver Bluff was developed for plantation agriculture, where many African slaves worked. It was the site of the first African-American congregation to be organized in the South, founded in 1773-1775 under elder David George during the Great Awakening. The black Baptist congregation later moved into Savannah, Georgia during the Revolutionary War, where the slaves could gain freedom behind British lines. Savannah

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: 30 scientific papers based on this research. 1961: The AEC established a permanent ecology laboratory on the site; two Army barracks were converted into laboratory space for the scientists. The next year, the University of Georgia hired a full-time staff with doctoral degrees to expand the research effort. [Dr. Frank B. Golley] became the first director of the Laboratory, then known as the Laboratory of Radiation Ecology. In the mid 1960s the University of Georgia renamed the Laboratory the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, reflecting the broad spectrum of ecological studies carried out on the site. Technical papers published by the

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: throughout the world for his knowledge of the effects of radiation on the ecosystem and was an advisor during the Chernobyl nuclear reactor failure. During his quarter-century as the director of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, he and his outstanding team of scholars guided the effort into a premier research institute. He was an author of more than 350 scientific publications, and mentored dozens of Ph.D. and Master's students who valued his guidance and commitment. Dr. Michael H. Smith was a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, yet he was proudest of his Hart Merriam "Buffalo"

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: for the first year, a small but eager group began work three days after the budget was approved. Odum and a group of scientists, many of whom volunteered their time and knowledge, focused on two areas of research: Inventory of conspicuous features of the environment of the site and basic, long-term ecological research. 1955: The University of Georgia hired Dr. Robert Norris as the first ecologist to conduct full-time research at the Savannah River Plant. Norris later won the Eminent Ecologist Award given annually by the Ecological Society of America. 1955-1961: SREL researchers concentrated on radiation ecology studies, publishing about

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: the US and hosts 13 undergraduates for its summer experiential learning program in radioecology at SREL. SREL adds two new tenure track faculty lines stationed on the Savannah River Site and three new tenure track faculty stationed on the main campus as part of joint hires with the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. SREL researchers publish 55 peer-reviewed articles and SREL's outreach program reaches 38,000 individuals in the local community. SREL steps up its emphasis on restoring laboratory infrastructure and analytical equipment to increase research capacity with

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: director. 2008: SREL continues to diversify its funding with grants from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). 2011: DOE renews its cooperative agreement with SREL for another 5 years 2012: SREL hires Dr. Gene Rhodes as new director. DOE Savannah River Field Office provides funding to SREL through the Cooperative Agreement at ~ 1 million dollars per year for the first time in 5 years. The new director hires a new assistant director for facilities and budget, Chris McBride. SREL begins the process of rebuilding the laboratory, refocusing available resources to increase graduate student numbers and to updating facilities and

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: natural habitat types on the SRS, along with the presence of nuclear and industrial facilities, provides students an exceptional opportunity to study natural and disturbed ecological systems in the same region. Combined with a modern laboratory and field facilities and a diverse natural flora and fauna, SREL offers opportunities for students to develop ecological expertise and for visiting investigators to conduct research. 1951: The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) asked the University of Georgia to submit a proposal to conduct ecological research at Savannah River Plant (SRP, later renamed SRS). Dr. Eugene Odum, headed the effort, and with $11,934 in funding

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: equipment to increase research capacity. 2013: SREL begins to rebuild critical scientific infrastructure and personnel and begins to emphasize the need to increase competition for external funding from all sources. SREL increases its graduate student cohort from 1 to 15 and reestablishes its tradition of graduate education. SREL partners with the University of South Carolina – Aiken to create a cohort of 6 undergraduate students for summer experiential learning in the field of radioecology. DOE Savannah River Field Office increases funding to SREL through the Cooperative Agreement to 2 million dollars per year. SREL rejoins the Association of Ecosystem Research

title: Savannah Way

text: way allowing travellers different options from the main Savannah Way. From Cairns they include travel via Chillagoe and the Burke Developmental Road to Karumba; via Einasleigh and Forsayth to Georgetown; via Gregory Downs to Lawn Hill National Park and Bowthorn station; via Daly Waters and Top Springs to Timber Creek; or via the Gibb River Road to Derby. Savannah Way The Savannah Way is a route of highways and major roads across the tropical savannahs of northern Australia, linking Cairns in Queensland with Broome in Western Australia. Promoted as a self-drive tourist route, it joins Cairns, Normanton, Borroloola, Katherine, Kununurra,

title: Savannah Light

text: Jade" struck the tower in November 1996. The collision sheared off and destroyed the entire structure. A buoy marked the wreckage until a salvage company was contracted to retrieve the wreckage off the ocean floor for scrapping. Savannah Light Savannah Lighthouse was a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, off the entrance to Savannah River, Georgia. It was the second tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter. The Savannah Texas Tower was constructed and placed in operation in 1964, and was built to be an automated light, controlled by the personnel at the Tybee Island Light Station.

title: SS Savannah

text: home waters, the crossing having taken 40 days. "Savannah" steamed up the Savannah River and arrived safely back at her home port at 10 a.m., November 30, six months and eight days from the date of her departure. "Savannah" remained at her home port until December 3, when she set sail for Washington, D.C., arriving there on the 16th. In January 1820, a great fire swept through the city of Savannah, doing severe damage to the business district. "Savannah's'<nowiki>'s</nowiki> principal owner, William Scarbrough and his partners, suffering financial harm due to the fire and other reversals, were forced to sell

title: History of Savannah, Georgia

text: area in the United States by 1820. In 1818 shipping and business stopped temporarily when the city fell under quarantine due to a yellow fever epidemic. In 1828, construction began on the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, a canal connecting the Ogeechee River to the southwest (near present-day Richmond Hill) and the Savannah River, slightly to the west of Savannah's newly established riverfront. The canal was completed in 1831, directing the resources of Georgia's south-central interior to Savannah. The expansions of Savannah during the 1830s and 1840s led to the need for a new city map, which was published by Edward A. Vincent

title: History of Savannah, Georgia

text: of the South. Green-seed cotton could be grown in the uplands but was difficult to process with the pre-1793 roller gin; consequently, Whitney's invention opened the interior of the South to widespread cotton production. The development of Georgia's interior had a tremendous impact on Savannah, as cotton production was focused on lands newly appropriated from the Creeks along the upper Savannah River. Planters on both the Georgia and South Carolina sides of the river shipped their cotton downriver to market and export at Savannah. This increase in trade corresponds to the increase in population, as Savannah was the eighteenth-largest urban

title: Savannah sparrow

text: Savannah sparrow The Savannah sparrow ("Passerculus sandwichensis") is a small American sparrow. It was the only member of the genus "Passerculus" and is typically the only widely accepted member. Comparison of mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and 3 sequences indicates that the Ipswich sparrow, formerly usually considered a valid species (as Passerculus princeps), is a well-marked subspecies of the Savannah sparrow, whereas the southwestern large-billed sparrow should be recognized as a distinct species ("Passerculus rostratus"). The common name comes from Savannah, Georgia, where one of the first specimens of this bird was collected. This passerine bird breeds in Alaska, Canada,

title: New Savannah, Georgia

text: large hogshead barrels, and rolled to the town to obtain the official quality inspection necessary for its marketing. Sealed and quality-branded hogsheads were then loaded onto pole boats for transport to the seaport and market at Savannah, Georgia 215 river miles downstream. Augusta's Tobacco Road still exists by that name and, according to "Georgia Place-Names", was laid out in 1789. The tobacco market waned in the very early 19th century and, with that, the commercial existence of New Savannah. New Savannah was located at 33°22'21"N, 81°56'45"W (NAD83/WGS84), at the mouth of Butler Creek about 14 river miles downstream of Augusta,

title: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam

text: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam is a dam with inactive lock at the site of the dead town of New Savannah, Georgia on the Savannah River south of Augusta, Georgia. The dam was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers for commercial navigation purposes to serve the city of Augusta, located approximately upstream. It does not serve a hydroelectric power generation or flood control function. Located at river mile 187.4, the lock and dam was authorized by the 1930 and 1935 Rivers and Harbors Acts to facilitate commercial navigation on the upper reaches

title: Savannah, California

text: Savannah, California Savannah (also, Savanna) is a former settlement in Los Angeles County, California. The rail depot of that name was located on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad between San Gabriel and El Monte, at an elevation of 276 feet (84 m). Savannah was promoted with considerable dignity in 1887-88 but vanished, nevertheless; the neighborhood of the depot has been absorbed by Rosemead. The name survives in Savanna High School and Savanna School District of Orange County, which seceded from Los Angeles County in 1889. Savannah was the location of Camp Monte, a Rebel base where State militias

title: Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)

text: the 30-acre Forsyth Park (at the southern limit of the district), and Emmet Park (near the city's riverfront). Main article: Gallery of Buildings in Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia) Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia) The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia prior to the American Civil War. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, and is one of the largest districts of its kind in the United States. The district was made in recognition of the unique layout of the city, begun

title: Savannah River Site

text: a dilute and dispose approach to the plutonium will cost less than half of the remaining lifecycle cost of the MOX plant programme. Savannah River is home to the following nuclear reactors: Management of the Savannah River Site was to be bid in 2006, but the Department of Energy extended the contract with the existing partners for 18 months to June 2008. In 2006 DOE decided to split the WSRC contract into two new separate contracts, i.e. the M&O Contract and the Liquid Waste Contract to be awarded before June 2008. Responding to the DOE RFP, the Savannah River Nuclear

title: Savannah–Ogeechee Canal

text: a delightful and attractive setting to enjoy this unique waterway. Currently most of the effort is expended at the Ogeechee River terminus near Lock 5 where the Savannah–Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center is open. Exhibits highlight the canal's history and the natural history of the local area. The museum also offers guided history and natural history tours of the area. Savannah–Ogeechee Canal The historic Savannah – Ogeechee Barge Canal is one of the prime relics in the history of southern canals. Beginning with the tidal lock at the Savannah River, the waterway continues through four lift locks as it

title: Rupununi savannah

text: tough driving. Heavy flooding makes this drive unpredictable and dangerous in the rainy season during the months of April to June. Rupununi savannah The Rupununi Savannah is a savanna plain in Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. It is an ecoregion of the Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome. The Rupununi Savannah is located between the Rupununi River and the border with Brazil and Venezuela. The Rupununi forms the southwestern wilderness territory of Guyana, a Caribbean country situated on the Northeastern littoral of South America. The savannah is dissected by the Kanuku Mountains. The Rupununi Savannah encompasses

title: Rupununi savannah

text: Rupununi savannah The Rupununi Savannah is a savanna plain in Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. It is an ecoregion of the Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome. The Rupununi Savannah is located between the Rupununi River and the border with Brazil and Venezuela. The Rupununi forms the southwestern wilderness territory of Guyana, a Caribbean country situated on the Northeastern littoral of South America. The savannah is dissected by the Kanuku Mountains. The Rupununi Savannah encompasses 5000 square miles of virtually untouched grasslands, swamplands, rain-forested mountains. The region usually floods in the wet season (May to August).

title: Savannah–Ogeechee Canal

text: Savannah–Ogeechee Canal The historic Savannah – Ogeechee Barge Canal is one of the prime relics in the history of southern canals. Beginning with the tidal lock at the Savannah River, the waterway continues through four lift locks as it traverses , before reaching another tidal lock at the Ogeechee River at Fort Stewart. Along the way, the canal passed through Savannah’s 19th century industrial corridor, former rice fields, timber tracts, and a still lush tidal river swamp and adjacent sandhill environment that is the characteristic habitat for several unique species of flora and fauna. Nowadays much of this area comprises

title: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

text: articles and SREL's outreach program reaches over 35,000 individuals in the local community. SREL researchers expand external funding via grants from the US Department of Agriculture, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration. 2015: SREL grows to 100 faculty, staff and students and reaches an annual budget from all sources of ~7 million dollars, of which 1.5 million is from sources external to the Savannah River Site. SREL's graduate cohort remains at 25 students. SREL is successful at establishing the first NSF funded Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Radioecology in

title: Savannah (film)

text: Savannah (film) Savannah is a 2013 American historical family drama film directed, produced and written by Annette Haywood-Carter. It is based on the true story and the book "Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter" by John Eugene Cay Jr. It stars Jim Caviezel, Jaimie Alexander, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jack McBrayer and Sam Shepard. It was released by Ketchup Entertainment on August 23, 2013 in the US. Narrated by a 95-year-old Christmas Moultrie (Ejiofor) as he recalls his friendship long ago with Ward Allen (Caviezel) in Savannah back in the early 20th century. Ward was born into privilege in the mid-1800s but

title: Savannah, Georgia

text: operates a passenger terminal at Savannah for its "Palmetto" and "Silver Service" trains, which run between New York City and Miami. (Three southbound and three northbound trains make daily stops at the Savannah terminal). Public transit throughout the region is provided by Chatham Area Transit. The DOT (Downtown Transportation) system provides fare free transportation in the Historic District. Services include express shuttle buses, the River Street Streetcar, and a ferry to Hutchinson Island and the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. The total number of violent crimes in the Savannah-Chatham County reporting area ran just above 1,000 per year from

title: Savannah Archaeological Site

text: side of this line, connects with the river, at the north end and at the south end, thus the river to the west and the trench to the east, entirely encircled this ancient village. These have never been extensively excavated. In 1830 David Robinson, a wealthy landowner and local planter, built a Federal-style home overlooking the Tennessee River on one of the mounds. The house is now known as the Cherry Mansion. Savannah Archaeological Site The Savannah Archaeological Site in Hardin County, Tennessee, is a prehistoric complex of platform mounds and village of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture, a regional

title: NS Savannah

text: resumed service until the end of 1971, when she was deactivated. During her active career, "Savannah" traveled , visiting 45 foreign and 32 domestic ports and was visited by 1.4 million people in her function as an Atoms for Peace project. "Savannah"s presence also eased access for nuclear-powered naval ships in foreign ports, though the ship was excluded from ports in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Following her removal from active service, "Savannah" was first obtained by the City of Savannah and was docked at the end of River Street (near the Talmadge Memorial Bridge), with plans for eventually making