Fred Esplin, 2017

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Interview with Fred Esplin, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 21, 2017

Scope and Contents

Fred Esplin was born and raised in Cedar City, Utah. Esplin’s family was involved in livestock and agriculture. He describes how nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site affected his family, his ranch, and his community. Several members of his family and many of his friends have contracted cancer and died over the years since the testing. Esplin also talks about the culture of the Cold War and how people’s feelings about the Government have changed because of the nuclear testing. Esplin and his family also lived in Pennsylvania at the time of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
Interviewed by Anthony Sams.

Dates

Creation: 2017

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