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Until the Exxon Valdez hit a reef, these questions did not seem quite so urgent. But like the accident at a once obscure nuclear-power plant known as Three Mile Island, this single disaster could be the turning point for an entire industry. Says Alaska Governor Steve Cowper: "There's...
For Exxon, meanwhile, the nightmare keeps getting worse. After responding late and ineffectively to an accident that it could have prevented, the company finally refloated the crippled tanker last week, towing it about 25 miles to nearby Naked Island for temporary repairs. But Exxon had trouble finding a dry dock...
Hazelwood, who fled Alaska soon after the accident to avoid arrest on drunken-piloting charges, finally turned himself in last week near his home on Long Island. He was initially held on $1 million bail, a figure 40 times higher than prosecutors had recommended. But it was reduced to $25...
U.S. naval experts said it was too early to know if much radiation would escape, though several nuclear subs have sunk without serious leakage. Norwegian ships were instructed by Oslo to take water samples in the accident area to gauge possible atomic pollution.
COVER: In the battle over exploitation of Alaska's vast resources, the tragic Exxon Valdez accident may give environmentalists the upper hand