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Vocal, which is the nuclear plant in town. and we were looking at it, and noticed that she circled her evacuation route. and next to it she says "have mercy upon us all." the nuclear regulatory commission allows power plants to monitor themselves to see if theyre contaminating the environment. both the nrc and the plants operator say the facility is safe. its the morning of day two here in shell bluff. were headed over the church right now. i think that more people are realizing that cnn is in t...

Bluff, we talked to the department of energy about what we learned. since then, the department now plans to reinstate its federal funding to the state of georgia for independent environmental monitoring. the money will officially be designated to the superfund toxic site across the river. but depending upon how much funding the state gets will determine the amount of additional testing that can be done in other parts of this community. and we also talked to the chairman of the nuclear regulatory...

Reactors. and on top of that, its across the river from an old nuclear weapons plant, which is a superfund toxic site. we went to shell bluff for a full 24 hours where the ground has already been broken for the new reactors, and let the people there voice their concerns. these are the first reactors being built in the united states in nearly 30 years. were about to meet this one woman. this is annie laura stevens. and she is actually here with her brother who recently passed away. she lives in s...

>> reporter: nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: hardman says theyre still doing environmental monitoring around the reactors, and he does feel theyre safe. how is anybody supposed to do a long-term health study on people in shell bluff? >> thats a good question. i dont have a good answer to it. >> reporter: okay. >> i really dont. you cant do that kind of study unless youve got the data to base it on. otherwise youre speculating as to what might be there or what might not. >> reporter: were leavi...

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