Community leaders to press Yucca Mountain concerns in DC
Forty leaders from the Central Savannah River Area travel to Washington DC to denounce the DOE halt on Yucca Mountain. The SRSCRO press release cites a betrayal of trust as Obama budget moves end the site long viewed for spent fuel and defense waste.
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Las Vegas
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Stephen Chu
National Press Club
Hickory Hill Spring Festival at the Dairy Farm
Hickory Hill Milk invites families to a Saturday festival at 2 p.m. on the dairy farm at 7 Hickory Hill Lane, 12 miles past Edgefield off I 378. Admission is 5 per person with a 25 cap per family. ages 4 and under free. Activities include hayrides tours, a petting area, live bluegrass and gospel music, a fiber spinning demo, and dairy product sales. If rain, the event shifts to May.
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Gas prices may rise this summer says AAA spokesman
AAA Carolinas spokesman Brendan Byrnes says prices could jump to about 2.90 and hit 3.00 as local averages show stabilization through April and possible rise in May. North Carolina averages around 2.67 per gallon with Aiken at 2.64, up nearly 1 dollar from last year. The driving cost study projects a sedan owner driving 15 000 miles annually will spend about 8 762 this year, up from 8 332 last year. Some stations report 2 62 per gallon for unleaded on Wednesday.
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AAA
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Aiken
Kangaroo Express
Whiskey Road
Sprint Food
East Pine Log Road
Riedell 5-K Run Walk at Pacer Path to benefit Education Scholarship
USC Aiken students host the Riedell 5-K Run Walk at Pacer Path on Saturday at 830 am with registration at 730 am. Proceeds go to the Maggie Riedell Education Scholarship with gifts to Education Majors Club and Kappa Delta Pi. The event honors Riedell who retired in 2007 after cancer diagnosis and brain surgery. The $15 registration includes a T shirt. Pacer Path lies near the USCA Convocation Center.
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Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
SRS Advances P-Reactor Closure With Evaporator Startup
The Department of Energy moves closer to closing the P-Reactor facility at Savannah River Site as six evaporators begin removing about 4.6 million gallons of water from the Disassembly Basin. SRNS crews, costed at over 18.4 million dollars with 17 staff, aim to 4.2 million gallons by mid October and complete by 2011 with grout filling below grade portions.
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Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
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SANS
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Clay Killian
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