Space power shift as SRS plutonium-238 use ends
The next NASA probe may not rely on plutonium-238 from Savannah River Site as power sources. SRS last produced the fuel five to six years ago at HB Line and has been out of reactors since the late 1980s. The federal move places production at Argonne West in Idaho or Oak Ridge Tennessee.
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NASA
Savannah River
Galileo
Cassini
SRS
Federal Register
Idaho
Argonne National Laboratory
West
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tennessee
Mal McKibben
Citizens For Nuclear Technology Awareness
McKibben
Hbline
Charley Recovery Sees SC Crews Aiding Florida Efforts
Senior writer notes Hurricane Charley relief moves in South Carolina and Florida. Aiken Electric Cooperative sent 10 line crews to assist Harry Electric Cooperative, with return expected by week’s end. SC damages reach about 1.8 million, nearly 1,000 filed claims, average around 2000. Florida faces longer recovery as SC crews aid Florida Power and Light and Progress Energy.
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South Carolina
Florida
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Harry Electric Cooperative
Gary L. Stooksbury
Stooksbury
State Association of Electric Cooperatives
Charley
Allison Dean Love
Love
McClellanville
Aiken Electric
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Eric Boomhower
Sce&g
Florida Power and Light
Progress Energy
Proactive dieting urged as doctors warn on childhood obesity
Doctors urge proactive dietary choices amid rising child obesity with 15 percent classified as obese. Story notes nostalgia for drive-ins and fast food, cites chains like McDonald’s and Burger King, and quotes Burgers King owners reacting to criticism.
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Ginny Southworth
Fast Decisions
McDonald’s
Burger King
Hardee’s
Wendy’s
Lynn Zody
Aiken
DeMint Stumps in Aiken Selling Flat-Tax Plan
U.S. Senate candidate Jim DeMint spoke in Aiken at Howell Printing to promote a flat tax and the elimination of the IRS. Farmer Carl Brown warned the tax code harms farms, noting two thirds of his cotton now goes offshore. Brown urged free trade as DeMint appealed to about 40 attendees.
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Carl Brown
United States
Brown
Jim DeMint
Rs.c
Aiken
Howell Printing
Internal Revenue Service
DeMint
Inez Tenen
Couple arrested for forgery and drugs in bank case
Two Aiken County residents, Kunta Holley and Teresa Samuels, were arrested at Security Federal Bank on Whiskey Road after staff reported forged checks. Officers found marijuana and cocaine, a .38 pistol, and four forged checks during a search of their vehicle. Holley faces multiple forgery and drug counts plus weapon charges. Samuels faces forgery and drug possession charges. The investigation continues.
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Aiken County
Kunta Kinta Holley
Beech Island
Teresa Pamela Samuels
Aiken
Whiskey Road
Holley
Smith and Wesson
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Howell
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