Nuclear power's dangers

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Sara Barczak, Safe Energy Director at Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, writes a letter to the editor opposing nuclear power expansion in Georgia. The letter argues that nuclear power is neither clean nor safe, citing water usage concerns, security vulnerabilities, waste disposal issues, and economic risks including past cost overruns at Plant Vogtle. Barczak warns against Southern Co.'s pursuit of new nuclear plants in the region.

With more than 20 years of tracking the industry, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy strongly warns against ongoing and increased reliance on this dangerous energy source.
Sara Barczak

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Tech High going to SciTrek
By Justin Rubner
STAFF WRITER

After four years of planning, Atlanta's newest public charter school, Tech High, will start classes in August. Tech High, a tuition-free school with a heavy focus on math, technology and science, is moving into SciTrek downtown.

The school will have 150 students in the first year, leading up to more than 800 by the fifth year, organizers say.

SciTrek, a hands-on science museum for young people, will lease about 17,000 square feet to the school the first year. By the third year, as the student population increases, nearly 50,000 square feet will be available, said SciTrek CEO Scott Coleman.

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation helped lay the groundwork for the

See TECH HIGH, 29A

G-8: Global
spotlight
on Georgia
By Sarah Rubenstein
STAFF WRITER

With 3,000 journalists about to descend on the Georgia coast for the G-8 Summit, planners see the biggest opportunity since the 1996 Olympics to market the state as a haven for tourism and international business.

Unlike the public spectacle that was the Olympics, though, the G-8 summit is a more private affair, with the potentates of world finance holding their meeting behind closed doors on a secluded island.

State planners think they have just the solution for journalists who will be encamped in nearby Savannah, looking for ways to occupy their time — show them as much of Georgia as possible.

That means, among other things, feeding hungry reporters Waffle House Inc. waffles, showing promotional videos on incoming Delta Air Lines Inc. flights to Atlanta, and bringing leaders including Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough and Georgia-Pacific Corp. CEO A.D. "Pete" Correll to Savannah to brag at media briefings.

"We think this is a unique opportunity, in

See G-8, 20A

Sports Council
seeks funding
from city, state
By Mary Jane Credeur
STAFF WRITER

Atlanta's sports industry has had an impressive eight-year run, having hosted every mega-event from the Olympics to the Super Bowl, the Final Four and two All-Star games.

But bidding on these events takes money, and Atlanta Sports Council officials worry they are exhausting their resources from companies such as The Coca-Cola Co., Bank of America N.A. and Delta Air Lines Inc., which have spent millions of dollars apiece in recent years to help bid on major sports events.

See SPORTS, 36A

The funding game
Several cities draw public money to attract sporting events, but the Atlanta Sports Council does not.

INDIANAPOLIS — $1.4 MILLION CITY GRANTS, PRIVATE ANNUAL SUPPORT, PROMOS AND EVENTS
ST. LOUIS — $900,000 CORPORATE SPONSORS, MEMBERS AND EVENTS
ATLANTA — $750,000 MEMBERSHIP DUES, EVENTS
SAN JOSE — $500,000 HALF FROM CITY COUNCIL, HALF FROM PRIVATE SOURCES
HOUSTON — $250,000 HAM FACILITY LEASE PAYMENTS
ORLANDO — NOT DISCLOSED PRIVATE SUPPORTERS (COUNT) AND CITY FUNDING

Source: Staff research

$36 million an
Olympic boost
for downtown
By Sarah Rubenstein
STAFF WRITER

Atlanta's downtown district has obtained some medicine to help put a little vitality back into its vacant properties and broken sidewalks: $36 million.

Half a year after Central Atlanta Progress Inc. started Imagine Downtown, a neighborhood-by-neighborhood brainstorming process for improving downtown, the district has drawn infrastructure funding unmatched in that area since the preparations for the 1996 Olympics.

The $36 million will provide the resources

See DOWNTOWN, 36A