SRS braces for ‘government shutdown’ over budget impasse | The Augusta Chronicle

The U.S. Energy Department advised its Savannah River Site workforce and related contractors Monday of potential impacts if Congress cannot agree on a fiscal 2014 plan to keep the federal dollars flowing.

“As a consequence of the lapse, certain planned procurements may be cancelled and certain existing contracts may be stopped, reduced in scope, terminated or partially terminated,” the department said, in a letter to contractors at SRS and other facilities.

The South Carolina site houses major nuclear waste cleanup programs, the construction site of the MOX nuclear fuel plant, the Savannah River National Laboratory and other facilities – all of which rely heavily on contractor workforces.

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