Nuclear Nebraska

The Remarkable Story of the Little County That Couldnt Be Bought

Susan Cragin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2007
Amacom (Verlag)
978-0-8144-7430-3 (ISBN)

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In 1989, Nebraska was offered a deal: In exchange for permission to build a low-level nuclear waste dump on an abandoned farm, they would pay the county $3 million per year for the next 40 years. This book tells the story of how Boyd County's farmers fought against the state and federal governments to victory: the license to build it was denied.

In 1989, the federal government, five state governments and two multinational corporations approached Boyd County, Nebraska with what looked like a wonderful deal: In exchange for permission to build a low-level nuclear waste dump on an abandoned farm, they would pay the county $3 million per year for the next 40 years. For that much money, they thought, wouldn't this poor community agree to just about anything? They couldn't have been more wrong."Nuclear Nebraska" tells the inspiring story of how Boyd County's farmers fought both the state and federal governments, and mighty Bechtel International. From their initial revolt to their hard-won victory, this powerful tale traces the community's transformation from a small group of isolationist farmers to a defiant band of environmentalists. The book chronicles how the farmers of this then Republican county threw their weight behind Democrat Ben Nelson, who delayed but could not stop construction at the site. The farmers then had to train themselves to be environmental experts and provide the kind of evidence that would trump that of Bechtel's high-paid engineers. They did, and the license to build was denied.
"Nuclear Nebraska" is a gripping account of a community that refused to relinquish its rights to a government its people could no longer trust.

usan Cragin (Wellesley, MA) was working as a story editor for Glass Onion Productions, a documentary film company, when she was tapped by Professor H. Gregory Hayden of the University of Nebraska to write this book.

CONTENTS

Foreword by US Senator Ben Nelson ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xvii

Cast of Characters xix

Countdown xxiii

1 It Can Happen Here 1

2 A Question of Survival 15

3 The Seeds of Opposition 33

4 Save Boyd County 53

5 Sign, Everywhere a Sign 73

6 Community Consent 91

7 M’Orr-a-torium: The Battle Heats Up 111

8 After the Victory: A Time for Change 133

9 A Change of Friends 153

10 Blood, Sand, and Water 179

11 To License or Not to License: The Long Process 201

12 The Final Battles 225

13 The Last Battle 247

Notes 263

Index 265

About the Author 273

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 234 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-8144-7430-6 / 0814474306
ISBN-13	978-0-8144-7430-3 / 9780814474303
Zustand	Neuware