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Savannah River Nuclear Solutions launches youth apprenticeship program
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions has launched a pilot program employing area high school students as apprentices at the Savannah River Site. Two high school seniors are the first participants in the program designed to develop future
Savannah River Mission Completion partners with college for project
Savannah River Mission Completion has partnered with Claflin University to challenge students to improve the method for removing and replacing radioactively contaminated equipment inside the Savannah River Site's salt waste processing
Grant funding available for diesel emissions reduction
Diesel emissions reduction projects can now receive grant funding through the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. DHEC has $299,000 available for fiscal year 2022 to help county, city and local governments, private
Construction plans for Savannah River plutonium facility move forward
Construction on the new Savannah River plutonium processing facility at the Savannah River Site in Aiken is gearing up to begin by the end of the year. The project moved ahead on Oct. 7 as Savannah River Nuclear Solutions entered into a
Columbia’s Westinghouse fuel plant’s license is renewed
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating license for the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins. The renewed license authorizes the facility to continue operations through Sept. 12, 2062.
Savannah River laboratory receives $3 million for clean energy research
The Savannah River National Laboratory has received a $3 million award from the Department of Energy to promote research into developing new clean energy technologies. The award comes from the DOE's Office of Science
Columbia graduate lands career through partnership between S.C. Chamber, Dominion
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Dominion Energy co-hosted a signing day Tuesday where Columbia resident Justin McElveen announced he will begin his career in Dominion Energy's full-time apprentice
Columbia pharmaceutical company providing fuel subsidy to employees
The Ritedose Corp., a Columbia-headquartered pharmaceutical company, is giving its 450-plus employees a $100-a-month fuel subsidy in their paychecks. Jody Chastain, Ritedose president and CEO, estimated that the subsidy
Biodiesel company fueling innovation, sustainability
Fourteen years ago, the biofuel world looked a bit different. When Beth and Joe Renwick founded what was then called Midlands Biofuels in 2008, restaurants paid to dispose of used cooking oil, which often went to landfills. Now
Event educates students about utility industry careers
High school students learned about keeping the lights on and natural gas flowing to homes at a special event sponsored by Dominion Energy. The Skilled Craft Career Day drew more than 60 students from around the Midlands to a place that
Solar company investing $150 million in Clarendon County farm
SolarGen of South Carolina is investing $150 million to establish a solar energy operation in Clarendon County. The clean energy development company, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMDAJ Holdings LLC, is constructing a 125-megawatt
Tree trimming has neighborhood residents up in arms
While some Rosewood residents are bemoaning the scope of Dominion Energy's tree-trimming activities in recent weeks, the power company says the maintenance, performed on a five-year cycle, is necessary to
