Rancher fears radioactive water from nuclear plant would affect his cattle

John L. Gibbs worries what the release of radioactive water into the Guadalupe River would do to his cattle that drink from it.

The 72-year-old DuPont retiree owns the land adjacent to the proposed Exelon Nuclear plant and shares a portion of Linn Lake with the 11,500-acre site 12 miles south of Victoria.

“Any concentration at all with radioactive waste wouldn’t be good,” Gibbs said. “Good, clean water going in there is what you want.”

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