[CPEO-MEF] HISTORY, RADIATION: "Savannah River Plant [SC] brought fear and culture to area"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Savannah River Plant brought fear and culture to area


by Derrek Asberry
Aiken Standard (SC)
October 17, 2015


The arrival of the Savannah River Plant 65 years ago included more than nuclear weapons and life-altering construction.

It also included Aiken County becoming a community that catered to the arts and other new hobbies all while a cloud of fear loomed over the community due to lack of knowledge.

“Husbands couldn’t talk about their work,” said Paula Joseph, the wife of plant retiree Walt Joseph. “It was a very scary time because we knew what they were doing was important, but we couldn’t know what they were doing. I always knew what the men in my family did, so it was difficult not knowing.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20151017/AIK0101/151019451/1004

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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