Authorities say a weekend gunfire exchange between a trespasser and a Tennessee nuclear plant officer is likely an isolated incident, but security officials at Plant Vogtle were briefed as a ...
A proposed settlement that adds $43.5 million in environmental projects for the Savannah Harbor deepening includes new monitoring and research opportunities near Augusta - and a commitment to help ...
The U.S. Department of Energy has appointed a new federal project director to oversee the $1.4 billion Salt Waste Processing Facility under construction at Savannah River Site.
Federal regulators proposed fines totaling $36,400 Friday against Chicago Bridge & Iron - Plant Vogtle's primary construction contractor - over issues at a former Shaw Group facility in Louisiana.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions awarded $75,000 in "innovative teaching mini grants" Thursday night to 172 area educators, including several recipients in Richmond and Columbia counties.
Workers at Georgia's largest fertilizer plant - located three miles from downtown Augusta - offered condolences Wednesday to victims of the Texas explosion and reassured the community it is safe.
A 460-ton nuclear containment cradle was hoisted into place at Plant Vogtle's Unit 3 late last week, clearing the way for placement of the containment vessel bottom head later this year.
Despite a meager federal allocation for the Savannah Harbor deepening, a fish passage structure near Augusta approved as a key mitigation effort will continue to move forward.
Results of a stakeholder survey about hydrilla at Thurmond Lake, and the possible use of grass carp to control it, should be available sometime in May.
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 under construction at Savannah River Site.
At its 2005 groundbreaking, the mixed oxide fuel plant at Savannah River Site held a bright future with thousands of jobs and a vital new mission. Today, however, the half-finished plant, along ...
Vienna, whose remnants lie beneath today's Thurmond Lake, was a tidy Colonial town with its own tailor, a blacksmith and two fine hotels. But on a Saturday morning in 1851, it was also the chosen ...
Augusta has lots of Civil War history - the problem is knowing where to find it. On April 20, Georgia Regents University will offer a free driving tour of local Civil War sites
The floating, 450-ton "Beauty" is an Augusta-built engineering marvel that will help restore mine-scarred landscapes 2,700 miles away, in Alberta, Canada.
