Nuclear Nebraska: The Remarkable Story of Little County That Couldn't Be Bought

Nuclear Nebraska tells the inspiring story of how a small Nebraska farm community took on big government and big business ... and won.In 1989, the U.S. government, five state governments and two multinational corporations approached Boyd County, Nebraska, with a proposal to build a low-level nuclear waste dump in exchange for $3 million per year for the next 40 years. This powerful book chronicles the farming community's transfomration from a small group of isolationist farmers to a defiant band of environmentalists.