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title: "Fall Fission Fest Brings Nuclear Science to Kids in Aiken"
url: https://www.hereaiken.com/2026/10/19/fall-fission-fest-brings-nuclear-science-to-kids-in-aiken/
date: 2026-10-19T05:39:50-04:00
modified: 2026-10-19T05:39:50-04:00
author: "Eliza Vereen"
categories: ["Education"]
site: "HERE Aiken"
attribution: "HERE Aiken"
---

# Fall Fission Fest Brings Nuclear Science to Kids in Aiken

> AIKEN, S.C. — Trick-or-treaters in downtown Aiken got a side of nuclear science Saturday, Oct. 17, as the SRS Heritage Foundation staged its fourth Fall Fission Fest. The event moved this year from its old spot, a lot at The Mill on Park, and set up instead along the shaded parkway on Park Avenue S.W.,

*Source: [HERE Aiken](https://www.hereaiken.com/2026/10/19/fall-fission-fest-brings-nuclear-science-to-kids-in-aiken/) — October 19, 2026 by Eliza Vereen*

AIKEN, S.C. — Trick-or-treaters in downtown Aiken got a side of nuclear science Saturday, Oct. 17, as the SRS Heritage Foundation staged its fourth Fall Fission Fest.

The event moved this year from its old spot, a lot at The Mill on Park, and set up instead along the shaded parkway on Park Avenue S.W., just east of Laurens Street. That puts it a short walk from the Savannah River Site Museum at 224 Laurens St. S.W.

Children in costumes handled Geiger counters at several stops. At one table, kids spun a wheel to land on a field that relies on radiation, such as medicine, space, energy or industry, and a volunteer walked them through how it is used there. At another, a Savannah River Nuclear Solutions volunteer ran an old Civil Defense counter over a piece of orange Fiesta dinnerware to show how a uranium glaze registers.

Many of the helpers were current workers and retirees from the site, along with newly hired engineers. The Savannah River Site, a federal nuclear cleanup complex, employs more than 11,000 people and is the biggest economic driver in Aiken County.

The festival came during a season when the region stretches its Nuclear Science Week observance across September, October and November with local learning events.