ahhh…a libertarian paradise with little government oversight, what an idyllic, pastoral paradise we could all live in!!!!!
The researchers say they havent traced where the uranium comes from, although EPA officials said they believed the contamination to come from underneath a layer of granite 70 miles away near Atlanta.Uranium is also heavily concentrated in coal ash. Plant Scherer produces hundreds of acres of coal ash per year. The waste is stored in a 900-acre pond surrounding the plant. Over the past 30 years, several studies have found coal ash more radioactive than the waste from nuclear power plants.
via A power plant, cancer and a small towns fears – CNN.com.