NRC Public Meeting in Brattleboro: The Politics of Intimidation
By Meredith Angwin
A
recent public meeting held by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) turned out to be a horrific way for a nuclear supporter
to spend an evening. The NRC held the meeting to report its annual
review of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s performance. The
plant received the highest safety ratings, but that was not the focus of
the May 23 meeting in Brattleboro, VT — to put it mildly.I hope I never get that close to a mob-rule situation again. I will be completely honest here. The politics of intimidation at this meeting definitely intimidated me. I have always urged people to “show up at the meeting and stand up for nuclear energy” in my discussions of nuclear activism. I will continue to say and do this, but perhaps more cautiously.
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