Table 2-4. SRS facilities that will cease to operate for the expected, minimum, and maximum waste forecasts during the analysis period (1995 through 2024).a
| SRS facility | Function | Expected and minimum case shutdown |
Maximum case shutdown |
| Reactors | Plutonium/tritium production for national defense | 1997 | 1997 |
| D-Area | Heavy-water reprocessing | 1997 | 1997 |
| Reactor Materials (M-Area) | Fuel and target fabrication | 1998 | 1998 |
| Building 772-D | Analytical services and office space | 1998 | 1998 |
| TNX | Research and development testing | 1999 | 1999 |
| H-Canyon | Chemical and physical separation operations for reactor products | 2005 | 2013 |
| HB-Line | Plutonium-238 separation operations | 2003 | 2013 |
| F-Canyon | Chemical and physical separation operations for reactor products | 2003 | 2013 |
| FB-Line | Purified plutonium-solution processing | 2003 | 2013 |
| Receiving Basin for Offsite Fuels/ Resin Regeneration Facility | Storage and packaging of offsite fuels, cleaning targets for processing, and processing deionizers | 2005 | 2013 |
| 235-F Plutonium Fabrication Facility (PuFF) | Plutonium-238 oxide fabrication and encapsulation | 2013 | 2013 |
| Thoria Line | Thorium separation operations | 2013 | 2013 |
a. Source: WSRC (1994a).
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