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Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Federal nuclear regulators are meeting with Duke Energy officials about apparent violations at a South Carolina plant that lost offsite power in April. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a conference Tuesday in Atlanta on the Catawba Nuclear Station, which is located on Lake Wylie in York County. The public is invited.

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.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Federal regulators are holding a meeting to discuss safety at a South Carolina nuclear plant where two new reactors will soon be constructed.

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.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  SCANA, the parent company of SCE&G, had several officials on hand Tuesday to answer any questions when it comes to safety and issues related to the nuclear power plant it operates in Jenkinsville.