The spilled uranium has the potential to seep into groundwater and contaminate ponds, creeks and possibly the Congaree River, which is about 3 miles away from a Westinghouse fuel rod plant southeast of Columbia.

Three men are dead in an accident of a Bell Long Range helicopter belonging to Manolos Aviation Limited between the high mountains of Wafi Gold Exploration site and Timini in the Bulolo district of Morobe Province on Monday afternoon.