The Energy Department in May will host a small business forum for companies and academics interested in demonstrating technology to help with nuclear cleanup at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C..
The Small Business Forum Technology Demonstrations and Opportunities will take place May 19-20 at the University of South Carolina Convocation Center in Aiken, DOE said Wednesday in a press release. On May 19, DOE site officials will meet with attendees one-on-one to discuss small business needs. On May 20, DOE will offer a tour of the site, which was built in the 1950s to refine plutonium and uranium for Pentagon weapons programs. DOE is not soliciting any business at or in connection with the forum, according to the press release.
DOE is particularly interested in technologies that can help with liquid waste cleanup at the site, including “advanced robotic and remote sensing technologies.” The agency also wants to hear about ideas for cleaning up the radioactive elements technetium-99, cesium-137, and strontium-90, and the heavy metal mercury.
Those interested should email [email protected], DOE said.
