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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Retirees who have worked at the Savannah River Site are meeting to talk about their health care.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Federal officials are meeting to discuss mixed-oxide fuel at an old nuclear weapons site in South Carolina

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Federal regulators are holding a public meeting to discuss a plant will be used to convert weapons grade plutonium into fuel that will be sold to run commercial power reactors.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012  Some former employees at the Savannah River Site near Aiken who have been diagnosed with certain types of cancer may be getting some help with medical claims.

Monday, December 12, 2011  South Carolina's former nuclear weapons complex is again offering the public an opportunity to tour the facility.

Monday, October 31, 2011  The federal government is going to use a facility at the Savannah River site near Aiken to produce tons of plutonium oxide for the complex's future mixed-oxide fuel plant.

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.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  Republican presidential hopefuls say they oppose the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada. The Obama administration has said it will not consider the site and is looking for alternatives, leaving tons of nuclear waste at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.

Thursday, June 16, 2011  A congressional committee is expressing concern over rising costs and potential delays at the U.S. Energy Department's mixed oxide fuel project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

Saturday, February 12, 2011  Federal officials are holding a science competition for high school students from across South Carolina.

Monday, December 27, 2010  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in the report released Monday that plans for the mixed oxide fuel facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken have adequate safeguards.

Monday, November 30, 2009  The Energy Department's top official says a new project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will help the environment and create new jobs.

Monday, August 24, 2009  New employees have been hirted to help clean up a former nuclear weapons complex.

Saturday, May 02, 2009  The four U.S. senators from South Carolina and Georgia agree -- the Savannah River Site should have a critical role in making nuclear energy vital to the nation's future.