State Journal: Junk financing; Tipless

If Gov. David M. Beasley has his way, South Carolina students and schools may get financial help from radioactive hospital gowns and used X-ray equipment.

The legislature is considering the Republican Governor's proposal to take revenue generated by a state-owned facility that processes low-level radioactive waste and use it for education.

The facility, located in Barnwell, S.C., was due to close in December of this year, when North Carolina was supposed to take its turn processing the region's waste. But it looks as if that state is not ready to open a site. So Barnwell may stay open for another...

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