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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 they're contaminating the environment. both the nrc and the plant's operator say the facility is safe. it's the morning of day two here in shell bluff. we're headed over the church right now. i think that more people are realizing that cnn is in town. and people are sort of reaching out, wanting to talk and tell their stories. >> we had prot...

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 commission, and the agency now says it's commissioning a new national health study to reexamine the...

Reactors. and on top of that, it's 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. we're 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 shell bluff. and she has concerns about the two new reactors, as well as the two existing reactors ...

>> reporter: nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: hardman says they're still doing environmental monitoring around the reactors, and 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. you can't do that kind of study unless you've got the data to base it on. otherwise you're speculating as to what might be there or what might not. >> reporter: we're leaving here with so many questions. who is watching out for these people? where is the governme...

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