Scrubbing Cleans Up Contaminated Workers
Duke Power officials report three Oconee Unit 3 workers were slightly contaminated by radiation during reactor head maintenance. After a soap and water decontamination, all three were found to be fine and no excessive radiation was detected.
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Seneca (Ap
Duke Power Co
Mary Cartwright
Duke
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Oconee
AP Laserphoto
Paul Brown
Greenwood County to sue for back taxes on Buzzards Roost plant
Greenwood County will file suit within 30 days to recover about 32 thousand dollars in back taxes the Tax Commission says it owes on part of the Buzzard's Roost hydroelectric plant on the Saluda River, split between Greenwood and Newberry counties. The plant's tax status became contested after lease to Duke Power Co. Duke reimbursed the county for taxes paid under protest.
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Newberry (Ap
Greenwood County
State Tax Commission
Newberry County
Greenwood
Buzzard
Saluda River
Howard L. Burns
Tax Commission
Duke Power Co
Duke
Margarett Briggs
South Carolina
Smuggling Corruption Seen Tearing SC Society Apart
State law enforcement agents testified before a joint legislative study committee on tougher drug laws. They described smugglers using violence to silence witnesses and using locals including shrimpers to move marijuana from Colombia, with losses and threats escalating unless penalties rise.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Law Enforcement Division
South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association
Steve Smith
SLED
Smith
Colombia
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