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Mostly dry for your Monday Share Updated: 6:51 AM EDT May 17, 2021 Share Updated: 6:51 AM EDT May 17, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript JASON: WE HAVE GOT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION HERE TO FLORIDA. MICHELLE: YOU ARE TAKING MY BREATH AWAY WITH THIS SUNRISE! KELLIANNE: IT IS BEAUTIFUL TO START OFF THIS MORNING. IF YOU LIVE THERE IN DAYTONA BEACH, GO OUTSIDE WITH YOUR CUP OF COFFEE. WE ARE STARTING WITH DRY CONDITIONS. IT IS 57 OUT IN PIERSON. IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE WHETHER YOU ARE FEELING WARM OR COOL. IT IS 57 IN SHELL BLUFF. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT WHITER PERSPECTIV...

Sitting here in a warehouse? >> most of this equipment was taken out of service at the end of 2004. when our federal funding ran out. >> reporter: and how much federal funding do you get? >> right now, none. >> reporter: nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: hardwin said they're still doing limited environmental monitoring around the reactors, and he does feel they're safe. how do you do long-term health studies on shell bluff? >> that's a good question. i don't have a good answer for it. i really don't. i mean, you can't do that kind of study unless you've got the data to base it on. otherwise yo...

Weapons plant. we went to shell bluff where the ground has already been broken for new reactors to let them voice their own opinions. >> reporter: the >> these are the first reactors being built in the united states in nearly 30 years. we're about to meet this one woman this is annie stevens. she's here with her brother who recently passed away. she lives in shell bluffs and has concerns about the two new as well as the two existing reactors in her town. shell bluff is located in burke county, georgia. its cancer death rate is 51% higher than the national average. according to the centers for ...

Good to see you. >> reporter: people in shell bluff want to figure out why the cancer rates are so high. in this town, there's already two reactors. on top of that it's across the road from a toxic site. we went to shell bluff for a full 24 hours where the ground has already been broken for the new reactors, unless the people there voice their concerns. these are the first reactors being built in the united states in nearly 30 years. we're about to meet this one woman. this is annie laura stevens, she's actually here with her brother who recently passed away. she lives in shell bluff and she h...

>> reporter: we're back at annie laura's house. she showed us this emergency pamphlet, what they need to do in case there's a leak at camp vogel, 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 they're contaminating the environment. both the nrc and the plant's operator say the facility is safe. it's morning, day two here in shell bluff. we're headed over to the church right now. i think that m...