Description:
Attorney General James Shannon objects to proposal for reduced Seabrook evacuation zone.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/27/1987
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Description:
On payless payday, Seabrook workers frustrated because of stigma associated with nuclear power industry. They blame NH Yankee for not correcting the public's misconceptions.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/29/1988
Description:
1) Human services secretary Charles Mahoney speaks to advocates about increasing accountability and facing cutbacks; Hubie Jones rebuts. 2) Utah Gov. Scott Matheson speaks to Congressional committee on presumed radiation danger from nuclear fallout, comparing power plant reactor accidents and leaks to atom bomb tests. 3) Citizens group questions safety of Pilgrim I plant in Plymouth and requests shutdown and independent monitoring. 4) Michael Wheeler on public opinion about government regulation. 5) Massachusetts legal drinking age is raised to 20 while adjacent states are at 18; New Hampshire state liquor store; Sen. Sharon Pollard; neighboring alcohol sellers see boon to business. 6) R.D. Rosen visits New Age Exposition; counterculture accoutrements and tofu tasting. Anchor Lydon.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/19/1979
Description:
B+W wire service stills on Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after accident. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter visit site wearing protective shoe coverings. Anti-nuclear protestors at Seabrook. Gov. Edward King.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/03/1979
Description:
Rowe nuclear power plant has good safety record and community relations, but no solution for waste. Radiation meter. Refueling film. Yankee Atomic Electric grounds. Rowe Town Hall, rural scene, dam.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/29/1988
Description:
“Nuclear Power in New England.” Yankee Atomic Electric plant in Rowe, Massachusetts. Connecticut Yankee, Millstone I and II. Nuclear engineer Vicki Swisher explains how power is generated. Signs in at security desk, tours control room. Processing of mined rocks and soil to extract, purify, pelletize uranium 235 for conversion to fuel bundles. Refueling of rods in reactor core. Men in yellow protective suits. Pressurized steam lines to turbine turn generator. Cooling towers. Low level radioactive waste being trucked away (to where?) in steel container for disposal. Marine biologist explains aquatic environmental testing for damage to sea life. Health physicist explains air quality monitoring for emissions. Pilgrim Station in Plymouth, Maine Yankee, Vermont Yankee plants. ©1977 Electric Council of New England.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
1977
