Woog’s World: The nuclear power plant that almost was - The Wilton Bulletin

Woog’s World: The nuclear power plant that almost was - The Wilton Bulletin: Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Fukushima.
But not Cockenoe Island.
No, the small island off the shore of Compo Beach is not linked forever in the litany of horrific nuclear power plant disasters.
But it could have been. Because half a century ago, a nuclear power plant came close to being built on that pristine isle. And once such a facility begins operating, there's no telling what can happen.
There are two types of people in Westport: those who have no clue such an idea could ever have been proposed, and those who remember well the controversy it caused.
This year - the 50th anniversary of the agreement that scuttled those plans - is a great time to add those memories to the half-century nostalgia craze that includes national events like the moon landing, Woodstock and the Amazin' Mets.
The story began a couple of years earlier. Jo Brosious was editor of the Westport News. The fledgling paper, just a couple of years old, was challenging the established (and establishment) Town Crier . A newcomer from the West Coast, Brosious and her husband enjoyed taking their small boat out to Cockenoe (pronounced kuh-KEE-nee), to fish and clam.
One day, they heard a rumor: The is