Nuclear Nebraska

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Nuclear Nebraska
First edition cover
AuthorSusan Cragin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNuclear waste
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherAmerican Management Association
Publication date
2007
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages271 pp.
ISBNISBN 978-0-8144-7430-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
OCLC86172845

Nuclear Nebraska: The Remarkable Story of the Little County That Couldn’t Be Bought is a 2007 book by Susan Cragin which follows the controversy about a proposed low level nuclear waste dump, which was planned for Boyd County, Nebraska.[1]

In 1989, two multinational corporations and several government agencies proposed a waste dump and offered payment of $3 million per year for 40 years. The residents of the Boyd County farming community resisted the offer and controversy followed for almost two decades. During this time, the community was transformed "from a small group of isolated farmers to a defiant band of environmentalists". The opposition of the community eventually succeeded, and the license to build the dump was denied.[1]

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