President Barack Obama says he is “not reconciled” to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.

Officials report progress on leasing 2,500 acres within Savannah River Site that could be marketed as an energy park or a possible site for a commercial nuclear power plant.

Utility regulators will take up a request by South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. to begin charging higher rates to help pay for two nuclear reactors it plans to build in Fairfield County.