EMCBC-New York(formerly DOE Separation Process Research Unit(SPRU)Field Office)is located at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in New York State。SPRU is an inactive pilot plant that was used to research and develop chemical processes to separate plutonium from other radioactive material.As a result of operations,contamination occurred at two buildings and interconnecting pipe tunnels,as approximately30acres of land where waste containers weages managed。
DOE officials approved the transfer of the former SPRU areas to the Office of Naval Reactors on Dec.1620200,capping a successful remediation and completing an EM2020priority。