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- NATION, Page 23American NotesNUCLEAR ENERGYFallout from The Election
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- Two decades of legal squabbling and unruly protests have
- turned the Seabrook, N.H., nuclear-power plant into a symbol of
- everything that is wrong with atomic energy in the U.S. But the
- start-up of low-power testing at Seabrook last week signaled
- that a fresh wave of pro-nuclear sentiment is stirring in
- Washington. The testing permit was the second granted in two
- months: the first went to Long Island's Shoreham nuclear plant,
- even though the reactor's owner had already decided to junk it.
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- Why the sudden fondness for controversial reactors? The new
- Energy Secretary, James Watkins, is strongly pro-nuke, as is
- his boss, George Bush. So is Bush's chief of staff, John Sununu,
- the former New Hampshire Governor who championed Seabrook
- against objections of his neighboring Governor, Michael Dukakis
- of Massachusetts. While Sununu has moved to the White House,
- Dukakis still sits in Boston, 40 miles from Seabrook.
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