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Why no one is testing their well water. and those are the kinds of things that they're hoping will happen before two new reactors are built in their community. just days after leaving shell bluff, we did talk 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. it will be dedicated to the site across the river. depending how much funding the state gets will determine the amount of additional testing that can be done on other parts of this community. this is real...

Noticed that she circled her evacuation route. next to it she says, have mercy upon us all. the nuclear regulatory commission allows power plants to monitor themselves to see if they are contaminating the environment. both the nrc and the plant's operator say the facility is safe. it's morning, day two, shell bluff. we are headed to the church now. i think that more people are realizing that cnn is in town. they're reaching out, wanting to talk and tell stories. >> we had protests. we voiced our opinion that we didn't want them, but it's just, you know, we're just little peons, so -- >> this o...

President obama's big push for nuclear energy brings us to a small town that used to be in the spotlight. the town in georgia already has two nuclear reactors. the president wants two new ones to be built but there is a problem. people in shell bluff say they are afraid of more reactors because they say people in the community are dying from cancer. they want to know why. in fact, the county's death rate from cancer is 51% higher than the national average. abby boudreau went to this town. how would they know one way or another? that's the question. they don't know what's causing it, what the i...

Environmental monitoring around the reactors. he does feel they're safe. how is anybody supposed to do a long-term health study on people in shell bluff? >> that's a good question. i don't have a good answer to it. >> reporter: okay. >> 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 you're just speculating as to what may be there and what may not. >> reporter: we are leaving here with questions. who's watching for these people? where is the government accountability? they want there to be a long-term health study. they don't understa...

People of shell bluff. i mean, these are the kinds of things they wanted answered. >> good, good, good stuff. thank you, abbie. >> thanks. toyota denies wrongdoing, but agrees to pay millions to avoid a sticky situation in court. we're back in a moment.