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NATION, Page 23American NotesNUCLEAR ENERGYFallout from The Election
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.
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.