States of Decay
A journey through America's nuclear heartland
Mauck, Ben Publisher: Harper's Magazine
Year Published: 2017
Resource Type: Article
The aftermath of the AEC procurement program (uranium) and the present state of yellowcake towns in the Colarado plateau.
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One by one, other stood to speak. They described foul-smelling tap water and suspicious deaths of wild animals. They wanted closure, not reform. "I've been fighting the White Mesa mill for years, years, years," said Thelma Whiskers, a tribal elder. Her fellow activists were old or dead. She recalled thinking a few years ago that the mill had closed for good, only to see smoke rising from its silhouette a few months later.
Now she began banging on the bleachers in frustration, emphasizing every other word. 'Why can't they listen to us people here that live on this Ute reservation? My people are sick! And they won't listen!" After the meeting, David told me that he thought the whole town should probably relocate. You just can't fight these corporations, he said. There's too much money and power involved.
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