18 Aug 1994
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1994
Page
1
North Carolina faces costs to escort and survey shipments of nuclear fuel rods en route to the Savannah River Site. A transportation contractor hired by the federal government refuses to cover state radiologists and helicopter surveys. The Highway Patrol seeks extra escorts to ensure safe hauling of the waste.
Obituaries note the deaths of Horace Coursey of Vaucluse and Mary Elizabeth Wilson of Aiken on page 2B. Details on services and survivors are not provided in the readable text.
Space shuttle Endeavour's countdown reached zero before launch as a high pressure fuel pump overheated. Six astronauts waited in their seats for nearly an hour while ground crews secured the pad after the abort.
LEAD releases a 200 page environmental history accusing RSR Corporation of multiple violations at its plants. RSA officials dispute claims, noting regulators find operations within federal standards, with cited Indiana emissions at .23 and .09 micrograms per cubic meter.
DOE officials hosted a public workshop at the North Augusta Community Center to gather input on storing weapons usable fissile material at nine sites including Savannah River Site. Robert W. Degrasse Jr. said CSRA is among areas most impacted by the cold war and chosen for the first workshop as public comments feed the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. Citizens split into sessions to discuss how uranium and plutonium isotopes would be stored and managed.
WALLKILL New York RSA faces past waste mismanagement but now runs a compliant operation. Engineering geologist Jim Yuchniowwicz and environmental manager Ruth Ireland of City of Industry California note past violations but recent compliance. Richard Varenchik of the Toxic Substances Control Service comments. Page 3A for details.
RSR Corp of Dallas announces plans to build a 1200 acre battery recycling plant in Montmorenci area Aiken County promising 175 local jobs and substantial wages and tax revenue while opponents cite past environmental problems at Texas and Washington plants and ask scrutiny of the project
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