By: Joanie Sanders, Maggie Durnien, Melanie O’Neill The year was 1964 and the talk around Hattiesburg was nuclear testing. Hattiesburg, located in Lamar County had a population of around 35,000 that year. Fast forward to 2015. The population has increased … Continue reading →

By: Maggie Durnien During the Cold War a rivalry developed among Communist and Non-Communist nations called the “Red Scare”. This rivalry led to experts producing and developing different types of nuclear weapons, which meant these new types needed to be … Continue reading →

By: Melanie O’Neill Radiological monitoring has taken place each year by the Mississippi State Department of Health Division of Radiological Health to test the levels of Tritium in the drinking water. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of nitrogen. Since the … Continue reading →