Nuclear materials are not new at SRS, but the idea that high-level waste could be housed there, permanently, is now getting the attention of a group of local activists. This group is concerned, because the place this waste, was to be shipped, might be shutting down? The government is looking to halt construction at Yucca Mountain, in the Nevada desert. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has more.

It’s hard to believe it’s been six months since a tornado touched down and destroyed businesses and homes in Beech Island. The storm hit during a time when many were struggling with the economic disaster. One small business almost had to shut its doors, but after the debris was picked up from their shop, and the economy picked up speed through stimulus funds, the family business is still standing. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe takes a look.

New details are emerging on the management shake-up at the Savannah River Site: Department of Energy officials are being tight-lipped about the re-assignment of their top dog at the site, but new reports out Wednesday claim trouble has been brewing for quite some time. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe reports.

A major shake up appears to be underway at the Savannah River Site. Late Tuesday afternoon, WJBF News Channel 6 has learned that Jeffery Allison, the site manager, is being re-assigned to Washington, and will no longer be working at the Savannah River Site. A DOE spokesperson says four others have been re-assigned, as well.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) will be the site of a special deer hunt, on November 14th, for mobility impaired and wounded military veterans.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced it would fund up to 21 million dollars for five biofuels projects.

Three SRNS employees were transported via ambulance to Doctors Hospital in Augusta after exposure to nitric acid during a work activity at approximately 7:44 a.m., Tuesday morning. UPDATE: WJBF News Channel 6 has learned that two of the workers have been treated and released from Doctors Hospital, and the third is still being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Federal officials say construction of a facility to process plutonium waste at a former nuclear bomb plant in South Carolina is on time and within budget.

A former nuclear weapons complex along the South Carolina-Georgia border is opening its doors to the public. The Savannah River Site says a pilot tour program in April was so successful that it will offer another round of public tours, starting in September.

The U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control are holding a public workshop on Tuesday in North Augusta to discuss plans for shuttered nuclear reactors at the Savannah River Site.

There’s new information on the next SRS job fair, scheduled for noon on Monday, July 20th. The job fair was going to be at Paine College, but it has now been moved to the James Brown Arena.

An Ohio company has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build a facility to process plutonium waste at a former nuclear bomb plant in South Carolina.

Savannah River Remediation (SRR), formerly Washington Savannah River Company (WSRC), employees have processed over one million gallons of hazardous waste in the last six months, mostly from the Site’s underground waste storage tanks, at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) Saltstone facility.

Tuesday, the Savannah River Site (SRS) held its third of four job fairs, at Aiken Technical College. They saw more than 3,000 applicants come in for orientation and employment opportunities.

South Carolina has some good news when it comes to jobs. Today, one of the state’s largest employers visited one of the highest unemployment areas….looking to hire. News Channel Six’s Joy Howe has more.