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Monday, May 20, 2013  GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Pills that would protect against radiation in the case of a nuclear accident will be available for residents living near any of South Carolina's five nuclear plants.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A plant to help clean up waste at a former nuclear facility in South Carolina is years past its completion deadline and millions of dollars over budget.

Sunday, May 13, 2012  Federal regulators say a Columbia plant that makes nuclear reactor fuel has not followed through on safety recommendations made nine years ago.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  Officials say a Savannah River Site worker contaminated with plutonium after his finger was punctured in an accident last year will fully recover.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  'Flying laboratory' dispatched to monitor air as crews battle wildfire near New Mexico nuclear lab

Wednesday, June 29, 2011  Residents downwind of fire threatening New Mexico nuclear lab worry about potential radioactive smoke

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  The Newberry County Sheriff's Office says 36-year-old Angela Ann Chapman told many people that the child was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments and told the officers investigating the case that they had received treatment at both St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, and at a local hospital.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  The Fukushima nuclear accident's status has been raised from 5 to 7, the highest level, putting it on par with the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.

Friday, April 08, 2011  Few in new poll confident in US response to possible nuke crisis, but most see it as unlikely. Take our poll and share your views.

Friday, April 01, 2011  Radiation possibly stemming from Japan's crippled Fukushima Diichi plant has been detected at South Carolina State University.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Leadership vacuum at Japanese utility as radiation levels rise outside leaking nuclear plant

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  Progress Energy and Duke Energy in North Carolina and South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. all operate nuclear plants and say they have detected trace amounts of radiation.  Experts say there is no health risk here in the Midlands.

Friday, March 25, 2011  Japan's leader calls situation 'grave' at nuclear plant where dangerous breach suspected

Wednesday, March 23, 2011  Radiation detected in Tokyo's tap water; smoke prompts new evacuation of leaking nuclear plant