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Audit questions MOX plant temporary worker expenses

...identified in an audit released Monday by the U.S. Energy Department's Office of Inspector General.The audit disclosed...employees."Company officials are working with the Energy Department to resolve the issues raised in the audit."MOX...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-20/audit-questions-mox-plant-tem
Congress approves funding to avoid SRS furloughs

...sequestration."Everyone understands the effect on a family of a 20 percent pay reduction," Wilson said.The Energy Department said Thurs day that the reassigned funds will ensure high-priority activities continue at SRS."While the impacts...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-16/congress-approves-funding-avo
SRS hosts National Guard troops for response training

...West Columbia, S.C.The unit, along with teams from Alabama, Kentucky and North Carolina, used the U.S. Energy Department nuclear site for a series of evaluations involving two scenarios.The first took place at a rail yard building where...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-22/srs-hosts-national-guard-troo
Economic reports hold out hope for stronger job growth

...for imported oil. U.S. output averaged 7.2 million barrels a day for the four weeks that ended March 29, the Energy Department says. That's the most since 1992.U.S. refiners have been taking advantage of low U.S. prices for oil...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-02/economic-reports-hold-out-
NuScale group will reapply for small reactor research funds

...projects must have at least 50 percent private funding to qualify for portions of the $452 million identified for the Energy Department's Small Modular Reactor Licensing Technical Support program.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-22/nuscale-group-will-reapply-sm
Safety drills to ease plutonium concerns at SRS building

...fire-detection and -suppression systems, the safety board said.Since that recommendation was made, U.S. Energy Department officials have begun addressing some of the board's concerns, including the removal of trash and a halt to the use...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-08/safety-drills-ease-plutonium-
SRS and MOX workers await fiscal 2014 budget plan

The U.S. Energy Department is poised to unveil its fiscal 2014 budget requests Wednesday, including plans for Savannah River Site and the National Nuclear...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-09/srs-and-mox-workers-await-fis
MOX future questioned as federal budgets shrink

...7 billion with news that its completion would be three years later than planned.Observers believe the U.S. Energy Department's fiscal 2014 budget request, which slashed $132.7 million, or 29.3 percent, from the project's construction...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-14/mox-future-questioned-federal
Budget casts MOX doubts

The U.S. Energy Department released full details Monday of its fiscal 2014 budget, raising more doubts about the future of the half-finished MOX project...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-15/budget-details-cast-more-mox-
Oil's decline feeds drop in gasoline prices

...6; last year's low was $3.22 on Dec. 20. The average price for all of 2012 was $3.63 per gallon. The Energy Department forecasts the 2013 average will be $3.56.Analysts say there are limits to how far oil and gasoline prices will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-22/oils-decline-feeds-drop-ga