Haley says 6 metric tons of plutonium to move from SRS
Gov. Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday night that the federal government will transfer six metric tons of plutonium from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to a New Mexico facility expected to be operational by year end. She praised the deal as a win while continuing a lawsuit against the Department of Energy over processing weapons grade plutonium and a $1 million per day fine.
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Columbia
Nikki Haley
South Carolina
Haley
U.S. Energy
Ernest Moniz
Savannah River
New Mexico
Moniz
Japan
Department of Energy
Body camera policy progress for Aiken agencies
Three law enforcement bodies around Aiken County gain approval for body camera policies with two facing last decisions. Aiken Public Safety’s plan won approval from the Training Council while the Sheriff’s Office and North Augusta Public Safety had plans approved by March 7. The 2015 state mandate, spurred by Walter Scott’s death, requires all agencies to implement body cams.
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Aiken County
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Area Deaths List Obituaries Across Several South Carolina Areas
The notice lists deaths from Orangeburg Salley Blythe Williston Aiken Aiken Jersey City and nearby areas. Names include Arthur Jackson Geneva Gantt Benjamin Glover Sapp Henry P Odom James Tres Pack Johnny Welsey Stone and Richard C Williams. Funeral services are noted under Deaths and Funerals 6A.
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Arthur Jackson
Orangeburg
Geneva Gantt Benjamin
Salley
Glover Sapp
Williston
Henry P. Odom
Jersey City
New
James Tres Pack
Blythe
Georgia
Johnny Welsey Stone
Aiken
Richard C. Williams
Weather Outlook Mostly Sunny With Mild Temperatures
The region enjoys mostly sunny skies with a high near 71 and a low around 58. A five day forecast indicates continued pleasant conditions with daytime readings in the low to mid seventies and evening coolness. Light winds. No precipitation expected.
Scientists urge shutdown of MOX facility at Savannah River Site
At the SRS Citizens Advisory Board meeting in Augusta two prominent scientists urged ending the unfinished Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility and seeking alternatives to dispose of excess weapons-grade plutonium. Dr. Frank von Hippel and Dr. Edwin Lyman called MOX a dead end and a waste of money.
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Augusta
Savannah River
SRS Citizens Advisory Board
Hilton Garden Inn
Frank von Hippel
Princeton University
International Panel On
von Hippel
Edwin Lyman
Lyman
Union of Concerned Scientists’ Global Security Program
MOX
AFF
Dede Biles
Savannah River Site
Citizens Advisory Board
Vietnam War veterans honored by DAR wreath ceremony
The Trenton Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution placed a red, white and blue wreath at the Vietnam Monument in Aiken to mark March 29, 1973, the last day U.S. combat troops served in South Vietnam. Other groups also laid wreaths in front of the monument as part of the tribute with the theme We Remember.
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Trenton
Daughters of the American Revolution
Vietnam Monument
Aiken
U.S
South Vietnam
America
VFW
William Stroud Society of the Children of the American Revolution
South Parkway
Laurens Street
Edgefield Avenue
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