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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
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Energy consumption rose through the eighties. Conservation policies were only a myth. US reliance on oil imports from the mideast increased. Auto fuel efficiency not improved. Pan of parking lot with ice.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/11/1991
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People standing in unemployment line outside Hurley building in Government Center. People filling out applications in DES office for hotel jobs. Interview with Energy Secretary Sharon Pollard on home heating prices. Interview with Sen. Lou Bertonazzi on opposition to raising the legal drinking age.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/27/1984
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
