Word: agnese
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When he continued to stand and address the commission, the guards grabbed him by both arms. As he yelled that he was tired of hearing "half-truths," Agnes was pulled from the row over several other spectators and dragged out of the hearing room.
"If that's the way they treat people, public safety officials, then that's a commentary on the fairness on this process," Agnes said in an interview after the hearing.
Agnes, who has been working with local and federal officials to create acceptable evacuation plans for the suburban towns surrounding the plant, was immediately approached by several NRC security guards.
"I simply could not sit there any longer, after having worked on this project for two years with state and local officials, and hear the false-hoods, half-truths and misrepresentations that the NRC staff was making about emergency planning. It was absolutely disgraceful. My concern was that we were...
About an hour later, an NRC spokesman said the chairman had already drafted a letter expressing his regrets about the "unfortunate incident," explaining that he did not recognize Agnes.