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Department of Energy refuses to restore environmental monitoring to Georgia communities near nuclear site(Comments Off)
For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 1, 2012 ContactCourtney Hanson courtney@wand.org 404.524.5999 Department of Energy refuses to restore environmental monitoring to Georgia communities near nuclear site ATLANTA-The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday that it does not plan to restore environmental monitoring to Georgia communities surrounding the Savannah River Site (SRS), a US nuclear weapons complex [...]
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For all media inquiries and interview requests, please contact Outreach and Communications Coordinator, Courtney Hanson 404.524.5999, courtney@wand.org Press Releases 10/21/11 SRS radioactive emissions found higher than first reported 10/13/11 Blue Ribbon Commission to meet in Atlanta, hear from local groups on nuclear waste 10/6/11 All day Peace in the Park to mark decade at war [...]
Georgia WAND in the Atlanta Journal Constitution “Nuclear waste task force meets in Atlanta”
By Kristi E. Swartz The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday, October 18, 2011 If the United States doesn’t reconsider opening Yucca Mountain, then another national repository to store nuclear waste should be built, an executive with Southern Nuclear said Tuesday. “We believe that the technical knowledge developed for Yucca Mountain should be preserved,” said Paula Marino, vice [...]
Georgia WAND in the Atlanta Journal Constitution “Occupy Atlanta joins Friday protest, brings movement South”
By Bo Emerson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday, October 6, 2011 http://www.ajc.com/news/occupy-atlanta-joins-friday-1195934.html?cxtype=rss_news The Occupy Wall Street phenomenon, a movement that has spread from Lower Manhattan to at least 21 cities around the U.S., reaches Atlanta on Friday night during a loosely organized meeting at Woodruff Park downtown. Calling itself Occupy Atlanta, the local organization will hold an [...]
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