Moniz estimates MOX funding over $1 billion yearly
DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz told the Aiken Standard that funding the plutonium disposition program, including the Savannah River Site MOX project, would exceed one billion dollars annually for decades. Aerospace Corp. pegged total life cycle costs at about 51 billion, with 4.4 billion already spent, amid sequestration cuts and overruns.
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Ernest Moniz
Savannah River
Moniz
Aiken Standard
Aiken Technical College
Congress
Aerospace Corp
Russia
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Energy
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Aiken County frees coroner transport funds after dispute
Aiken County Council voted to release the Coroner's Office 2014 15 budget line for transportation of the deceased. The roughly 50000 item had been frozen, affecting Rucker Removal Services which hauled bodies for over 20 years until ceasing services in May 2015 after unpaid invoices since April 2014. The dispute pitted Rucker against Palmetto Mortuary Transport and led to a complaint by Coroner Tim Carlton about county interference.
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Aiken County
Coroner’s Office
Rucker Removal Services
Rucker
Area Deaths Cora Leopard and Others in Richmond
Richmond Virginia notices list deaths for Cora Leopard Greenhill Aiken Meta Little Willis Frischkorn and others. Funeral details and arrangements appear in the Deaths and Funerals column on page 6A.
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Cora Leopard Greenhill, Aiken
Meta Little Willis Frischkorn
Weather outlook with hot highs and patchy rain
The local forecast calls for a high near 99 degrees with a low around 73. Skies may see scattered showers across the five day period as heat remains intense. No major storm threats but brief downpours could occur.
Palmetto State Maintains Nation’s Cheapest Gas in Regions
Aiken residents report gas prices near 2.41 dollars per gallon at a Kangaroo station on Pine Log Road while nearby options show 2.47 dollars. AAA and GasBuddy project prices to stay low through summer with South Carolina averaging 2.48 dollars, well below the national 2.80 dollars. Provost notes current prices are favorable despite a summer rise and refinery problems affecting stocks.
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Aiken
Marcus Provost
Palmetto
Provost
Kangaroo Station
Pine Log Road
GasBuddy
AAA
South Carolina
Michael Green
AAA Public Relations
Green
Peeler urges Leatherman to resign as Senate leader
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler urged Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman to resign during a special session. Leatherman refused, saying he will not step down. Peeler argues a split role harms governance as the chamber faces budget delays and ethics reforms. Senate votes last year had elevated Leatherman to both roles, a move critics say concentrates power.
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South Carolina
Senate
Harvey Peeler
Peeler
Hugh Leatherman
R-Gaffney
Lican
Florence
Tom Davis
R-Beaufort
Leatherman
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