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...proposed modification in emergency planning standards is designed principally to facilitate the startup of two $5 billion reactors on the East Coast--Seabrook in New Hampshire and Shoreham on Long Island, N.Y.--despite claims by local authorities that area residents could not be evacuated safely in the event of a serious accident...
Leading opponents of the two reactors include Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, whose state includes several communities within Seabrook's 10-mile emergency planning zone, and New York Gov. Mario Cuomo. Both have withheld the requisite guarantees of emergency assistance on ground that no evacuation plan could adequately protect the public in the congested resort areas...
...moment, Bennett is getting interested in Public Service of New Hampshire. Financially strapped by its inability to open the controversial Seabrook nuclear plant, Public Service is close to becoming the first major utility to file for bankruptcy since World War II. That might mean trouble for its shareholders, creditors and customers, but it could lead to another golden opportunity for R.D. Smith...
...which for years has been the main political issue in city politics, and he also has been active in a number of local causes. He founded a group called Toxic Alert which he says chased Arthur D. Little Co. out of the nerve gas business. He has opposed the Seabrook Nuclear Plant. Currently, he is the director of the Community of Elders, the city's largest service organization for the elderly. In short, he's a community activist who's been around the neighborhood for a decade...
...incantation of the federalism theme is no more tasteful when it emanates from the left side of the aisle. The debate over the Shoreham and Seabrook nuclear plants hinged on one's thoughts about nuclear energy. Is it fundamentally vital to national safety, or is it fundamentally dangerous...