Activists Protest Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant

[Diane Monaco]

At 11:28 AM 8/2/2002 -0400, Yoshie forwarded:
>Metal-eating acid has closed Davis-Besse for now. It's a chance to keep 
>Ohio nuke-free forever
>
>by Harvey Wasserman
>
>........
>Importantly, FirstEnergy's other nuke, at Perry east of Cleveland, is also 
>now shut, making Ohio a reactor-free state. Are the lights still on? Are 
>the air conditioners running? Do we need these nukes?
>
>Obviously not. But there's still another dimension. Six U.S. reactors were 
>permanently closed during Bush One, circa 1989-1993. With the avidly 
>pro-nuke Shrub now in the White House, the industry doesn't want to lose a 
>single plant. To do so would be to lose face and momentum. And since 
>Davis-Besse is now so famous, they will spare no expense to bring it back 
>online, buying all the spare parts and all the regulators necessary.
>
>They will also work hard to hide the fact that the Davis-Besse site is one 
>of the very few in Ohio where wind power could really work. The lakeside 
>breezes are there to generate the electricity cheaply and cleanly. The 
>power lines are there to get it where it needs to go.
>
>All that stands in the way is a bunch of corrupt utility executives and 
>bought regulators. If we organize and persist, this hole in Davis-Besse's 
>head could be the opening for a new era in Ohio energy. We have at least 
>until the end of the year--the earliest Davis-Besse could reopen--to 
>figure out how.

The protests began last weekend at the beautiful AND WINDY Crane Creek 
State Park with the hideous Davis-Besse at a distance!  Wind power!!

Activists Protest Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant
The Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau
This weekend activists from Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan held a rally to 
protest the reopening of the Davis-Besse nuclear plant. Karen Schaefer reports:
http://statenews.org/news/2002/july/opr-072902-03.htm

Diane