Laboratory worker exposed to plutonium at Savannah River Site
An incident on July 9 in the SRS Central Laboratory involved a cap popping off a bottle and plutonium spilling onto a lab bench and the worker’s coat. WSRC spokespeople confirmed exposure was handled per safety protocols and preliminary tests show no contamination. the ATSDR notes limited risk unless inhaled or ingested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah River
SRS Central Laboratory
Will Callicott
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Callicott
Fran Poda
WSRC
Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Funds for bioterror antidotes approved
Congress approves 5.6 billion to spur private sector antidotes and vaccines for biological and chemical threats. House passes Project Bioshield Act 414-2 as lawmakers recall anthrax scares and ricin incidents since 2001.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bush
Homeland Security Committee
Christopher Cox
Calif
House
Billy Tauzin
R-La
Congress
Senate
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Bill Frist
R-Tenn
Make a Difference Iraq Program Aids Soldiers and Villagers
Julie McCrum of Aiken leads a Make a Difference Iraq effort with First Presbyterian Church to ship hygiene products and toys to Greg McCrum and others in Camp Normandy. The project aims to break communication barriers while delivering medical care and immunizations to villagers and troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Novit
Julie McCrum
First Presbyterian Church
Nancy Bebb
Pam Simpson
McCrum
Greg
Iraq
Central
South America
1St Infantry
Camp Normandy
Sunni Triangle
Gem Lakes residents vote to double sewer fees under state settlement
Gem Lakes residents approved a state ordered settlement that doubles sewer charges from 48 dollars every two months to 48 dollars per month for 315 homes. Of 162 yes votes and 5 no votes, residents await final tally by mail while SCU faces ongoing compliance questions from DHEC regarding a contaminated pond. The settlement limits future increases, with related questions about City of Aiken purchase of the system. Located on Silver Bluff Road opposite Woodside Plantation.
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Gem Lakes
Jerry McCarty
McCarty
S.C. Public Service Commission
S.C. Utilities
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
SCU
PSC
Aiken
United Utilities Company Inc
DHEC
Four killed as medical helicopter crashes near Jalapa
Investigators removed the Spartanburg Regional Health care System helicopter wreckage in Newberry County after a crash that killed four aboard. NTSB investigators catalogued debris and expect to determine a cause in about a year. The victim was 27 year old Alicia May Goodwin, with details of her travels and prior pickups varying.
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Newberry County
National Transportation Safety Board
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Jim Silliman
Alicia May Goodwin
Jerry Wright
Goodwin
Wright
Nanticoke
Fort Mill
Mile Marker 64
North Carolina
Sumter Nation
Sen
Jalapa
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SRS
Home Front
Greg McCrum
Julie
Lee
Nvvii
Silver Bluff Road
Woodside Plantation
Abby
John Paul Turner Jr
Albuquerque, N.M
Tillman Smith Sr
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