Southwind No. 73

Collection:: Southwind recordings
Title:: Southwind No. 73
Creator:: Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:: 1983-07-22
Subject:: Nuclear power plants
Georgia--Politics and government
Mattingly, Mack, 1931-
Location:: United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium:: radio programs
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The entire program is an update on the Savannah River Plant. In July, a cloud of radioactive tritium vapor escaped into the atmosphere, alerting state authorities. The program features audio from a Senate hearing aired previously on "Southwind," and includes audio excerpts from South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond; Robert L. Morgan of the Savannah River Plant; Troy Wade of the United States Department of Energy; Georgia Senator Mack Mattingly; South Carolina Attorney General Travis Medlock; Dr. Thomas Cochrane of the Natural Resources Defense Council. The program features new audio excerpts from Jim Setzer of the Georgia Environmental Protection Agency and Frank McDonald of Dairy Men of Georgia. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis.
Local Identifier:: MSS 1118.073.001
ahc.1118.073.001
Metadata URL:: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/114
Additional Rights Information:: Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Extent:: 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:39 minutes
Original Collection:: Southwind recordings
Holding Institution:: Atlanta History Center
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