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SRMC Communications summer internship 2025

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) works to safely reduce the risk to the community and the environment of radioactive liquid waste stored in aging waste tanks at the Savannah River Site, located in Aiken, South Carolina.

I had the opportunity to work as a communications summer intern for SRMC from early May through the end of July. My role involved a wide range of responsibilities in internal and external communications. Key tasks include writing and editing internal communications such as company announcements an safety messages, crafting human interest stories, and composing news releases for SRMC publications. Externally, my duties involved writing press releases, feature articles, and planning "evergreen" social media posts. 

This position allowed me to engage in executive communications, and allowed me to network and grow my professional development.

SRMC in the news

Below is a selection of my new releases featured in the Savannah River Mission Completion website.

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Chemicals and camaraderie: An SRMC summer intern’s experience

AIKEN, S.C. (July 14, 2025) — In 2022, Dani Brinkley, then a high school senior, was awarded a scholarship from Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) – not knowing it would be her first impression of a company she would later work for as a summer intern.Brinkley was born and raised in Aiken, S.C., and is currently going into her senior year at the University of South Carolina where she studies Biochemistry.This summer, she is working as chemical inventory intern for the Defense Waste Processi...
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SRMC receives Palmetto Shining Star Award recognizing its safety excellence

AIKEN, S.C. (July 7, 2025) — Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC), the liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site, has once again been recognized with the Palmetto Shining Star Award, a reflection of its ongoing focus on safety culture in the workplace.This safety award from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (LLR) is a way of acknowledging employers for the success in their safety and health programs.The Palmetto Shining Star Award was given to SRMC fo...
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Savannah River Mission Completion raises over $10,000 for Children’s Place

AIKEN, S.C. (June 12, 2025) — Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC), the liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS), raised $10,113 for Children’s Place Inc., a local United Way agency, at the annual Celebrity Waiter Night fundraiser May 19.SRMC employees and managers volunteered at Electric Eats in downtown Aiken working as “celebrity waiters,” where they served guests in exchange for donations for the non-profit agency.On top of the $4,113 raised at the event, SRMC contributed...

Aiken Standard

Aside from the SRMC website, some of my articles were submitted and featured in the Aiken Standard newspaper.

A message from the President

During my internship, I had the opportunity to ghost write two messages from the President of the company, Thomas Burns Jr. - one being a farewell message to the summer interns, and the other introducing SRMC's involvement in the annual United Way fundraising campaign.