MOX funding cut tied to alternative plutonium plan
President Obama’s FY 2017 budget would severely cut MOX funding at the Savannah River Site. The move aligns with plans to pursue downblending plutonium and disposing of it at WIPP in New Mexico. NNSA officials comment that MOX construction continues per congressional direction while analyses compare methods.
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Barack Obama
Savannah River
Aiken
Russia
SRS
WIPP
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Energy Department
South Carolina
National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSA
Congress
Deaths and Funerals in Aiken Area Alma S Cofer Kathryn A Grice
Alma S. Cofer and Kathryn Arthur Grice are listed among area deaths in Aiken with funeral notices. brief details indicate local services and family arrangements for these residents.
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Kathryn Arthur Grice
Aiken
Weather outlook mostly sunny with 52 degree high
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today with a high near 52 and a low around 32. A five day outlook follows with cooler nights and light breezes, staying dry across the period.
Rosenwald funded Four Mile High School, Aiken County history
Richard Johnson recalls Dunbarton Ellenton roots and the Rosenwald era as he and classmates revisit the site of Four Mile High School. Built 1923 24 it served as the only black school in the area with Rosenwald funds and local support. The 1992 bus trip honored past students and the community’s displacement by a nuclear site project.
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Richard Johnson
Johnson
Dunbarton
South Carolina
Ellenton
Harry Truman
Atomic Energy Committee
United States’ Front
SRS
Four Mile
Four Mile High School
Julius Rosenwald
Four Mile High
Rosenwald
Aiken
Savannah River
Rosenwald Schools and a Push for Black Education
The Rosenwald fund, backed by Julius Rosenwald and inspired by Booker T. Washington, built 5337 schools for Black students from 1912 to 1915. In South Carolina 500 schools and 11 in Aiken County served communities as money totals reached 28.4 million dollars with major funding from governments and local donors.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Sears and Roebuck
Booker T. Washington
William Baldwin
Washington
Tuskegee Institute
United States
Rosenwald
South Carolina
Aiken County
S.C. Department of Archives and History
Allen Riddick
South
Johnson
No fines yet for missed deadline at SRS
The timeline for the Salt Waste Processing Facility at Savannah River Site remains unsettled as SCDHEC and the U.S. Department of Energy continue discussions on penalties for missed startup milestones. The plant would boost liquid waste processing from 1.5 to 6 million gallons annually, with startup originally slated for October 31, 2015. Parsons laid off 123 workers in January amid cost overruns.
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Department of Energy
Savannah River
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Scdhec
SRS
Schdec
Energy Department
U.S. Department of Energy
Jim Beasley
Parsons
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Sweetheart Cafe
Aiken-area
Pacers
Lincoln Memorial
Alma S. Cofer, Aiken
Crossword
Dear Abby Stocks
AC Sports
THA
Aiken Graded School
Ingran
A.C
Julius Rosenwal
C. Johnson
Elliott Ball
Smith-Hazel
Aiken Graded
RV Manyan
Rosenwald Schools
Lia
Floyd(Green
Floyd and Green.com
Silver Bluff
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