Restart of L Reactor Sparks Local Support and Questions
Edgefield County officials back restarting L Reactor citing job creation while many critics urge an environmental impact statement. Residents from Savannah River area officials scientists and groups call for cautious review citing health water and waste risks and urge NEPA compliant analysis before proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith E. Gordon
South Carolina
The
Sierra Club
Savannah River
Ms. Gordon
SRP
William T. McLaughlin
Savannah
Deborah Kearney
EPA
Tom Clements
Athenians For Clean Energy
Thomas L. Moore
D-Aiken County
Aiken County
General Assembly
Carrol H. Warner
Williston
A.W. Flynn
Restart
Flynn
SAP
Public Hearing Draws 1000 Attend SRP Reopening Debate
About 65 people testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the L-Reactor restart with over 1,000 attendees. Media from 10 TV outlets and 25 newspapers covered the hearing, while North Augusta police and a Du Pont crew documented the proceedings for SRP archival history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Armed Services Committee
British Broadcasting Corporation
ABC
Charlotte Observer
The
Atlanta Constitution-Journal
South Carolina
Georgia
North Augusta
Randy Mosely
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Charles E. Lybrand
Edgefield County
Lauri Rowe
Physicians For Social Responsibility
William J. Westerham
American Academy of Pediatrics
Westerham
J.S. McMillan
Allendale
United States
Michael Gooding
Beatrice D. Jones
Columbia
DOE
Douglas C. Teper
Atlanta
H.M. Kelly
Aiken
Beaufort
Daniel Feig
W.T. Brunson
du Pont
Harry Peacock
State Development Board
Moore
Wena
Uno VpMuvil
South
Jim Moore
Chamber
Riley
G. Robert Kerr
Georgia Conservancy
Hans Neuhauser
Congress
NEPA
H. Odell Weeks
Weeks
Michael Lowe
Palmetto Alliance Inc
Lowe
Betty Spence
S.C. Wildlife Federation
William P. Bebbington
Bebbington
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Sen. Hollings
Dr. Bebbington
S.C
T. Edward Richardson
Barnwell County Council
Richardson
Jan Laan
Lou Grant
Timbuktu
Susan R. Graber
Steel Creek
J.Y. Shorthouse
U.S
Soviet Union
William Holmes
Holmes
Ralph Wilhelm
Edward J. Carlough
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Assa
Carlough
I.E. Washington
Augusta
Westerram
McLaughlin
McMillan
Teper
Kearney
Kelley
Brunson
Warner
Spence
Graber
Shorthouse
Washington
Judy Hoffmeyer
North Augusta High
Ginny Southworth
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