SRS to receive 1.61 billion for decommissioning and 3000 jobs
The Department of Energy will fund the Savannah River Site with 1.61 billion in stimulus dollars to accelerate decommissioning of two reactors and contaminated areas. The program aims to create up to 3000 jobs, shorten cleanup timelines, and reduce the protected site area by 79,000 acres by September 2011 while cutting plutonium-238, lowering long term risks. Energy Secretary Steven Chu praises the effort for job creation and environmental safeguards.
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Savannah River Site
Srs
Helen Belencan
Recovery Act
Savannah River
Energy
Steven Chu
Stimulus funds target South Carolina cleanup milestones
The 2011 plan outlines completing the project within the year, reducing the SRS footprint by 79 000 acres, eliminating 90 percent of hazardous plutonium-238, and shipping 4500 cubic meters of transuranic and low level waste from the site.
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SRS
South Carolina
Job Creation Potential From 30 Month Recovery Project
The plan could create or save up to 3000 jobs over 30 months with most in technical, construction, and staff augmentation roles. Final counts depend on contracts and work awarded. Jeff Allison of SRS called it good news for communities and the local economy. Jobs will be advertised in print and on the recovery SIS site.
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Jeff Allison
SRS
Recovery
SIS
Obama pledges strict accountability for stimulus funds
President Obama insists on accountability and transparency in Recovery Act spending to inform taxpayers. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions president Chuck Munns stresses commitment to openness in implementing the funds as coverage notes TRU waste cleanup and other sites page 8A.
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Obama
Chuck Munns
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Remembering Cody Fox A Great Kid Dies at North Augusta Middle
North Augusta eighth grader James Cody Fox died after collapsing during a 200 yard jog in gym class. Officials cited left ventricular hypertrophy as the heart defect and described Fox as a diligent student and athlete. The death prompted school crisis teams and community support for students and staff.
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North Augusta
James “Cody” Fox
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Fox
Medical College of Georgia
Children’s Hospital
Carlton
Richard Bush
Area 2
Rosie Berry
Berry
Cody
Allendale minister exhumed amid leg removal allegations
State officials exhumed the 2004 burial of a 60 year old Allendale pastor after rumors that his 6 feet 7 inch frame did not fit his coffin. The probe involved the coroner, sheriff, Revelation Ministries leaders, and regulators.
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Allendale
Hayten Black
Revelation Ministries
Black
Cave Funeral Home
South Carolina
Deaths and Funerals 6A
Obituary brief listing for John Rainey Brandt Aiken Betty Mann Oglesby Johnson Roebuck Bobby Leon Maddox with death notices and funeral details as published in the 6A section.
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John Rainey Brandt
Aiken
Betty Mann
Oglesby Johnson
Roebuck
Bobby Leon Maddox
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