Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning that North Korea will face consequences because of “provocative and belligerent” actions that include threatened military attacks against U.S. and South Korean warships.

In news around the world, reaction to North Korea’s nuclear bomb detonation has been swift, and severe. But, as with past rogue actions by the North Koreans, harsh words are hard to turn into actions. ABC News’ Terry McCarthy has more from the South Korean capital of Seoul.

A new company will be managing liquid waste at the Savannah River Site.

South Carolina utility regulators will hold a series of public hearings on a proposal to build the state’s first two nuclear reactors in decades. South Carolina Electric & Gas is asking regulators for permission to begin charging customers higher rates now for its part of the $10 billion for the reactors it will build and operate with the state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

The South Carolina agency that inspects public utilities has given the go-ahead for two new nuclear reactors in Fairfield County. Executive director Dukes Scott said Friday that the Office of Regulatory Staff will recommend to the South Carolina Public Service Commission that it should approve an application for the plans.

Former New Jersey governor and federal environmental chief Christine Todd Whitman will discuss the future of nuclear energy in South Carolina and the U.S. Whitman will speak in Columbia on Thursday. She is president of a consulting firm that specializes in environmental and energy issues and is co-chairman of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition. She was head of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2003.