Taylor Sisk is an Appalachia-focused health care reporter whose work primarily explores how policies and practices affect people’s lives.
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In Small Town Appalachia, Locals Battle a Weapons-Grade Uranium Plant
The company Nuclear Fuel Services wants to process weapons-grade uranium for the U.S. government at a facility in Erwin, Tennessee. Some locals aren’t having it.
Taylor Sisk