The Nation - News from Feb. 19, 1989
About 75 anti-nuclear activists picketed the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., urging newly elected Gov. Judd Gregg to block a low-power operating license for the stalled Seabrook nuclear plant. Bundled against the cold, protesters carried signs and banners calling on Gregg to use his influence to keep the $5.8-billion coastal reactor from operating. The focus on Gregg is part of a new strategy by anti-Seabrook activists, who see the Republican governor as more sympathetic to their concerns than former Gov. John H. Sununu, now White House chief of staff and an ardent supporter of the plant. Last year the lead owner of Seabrook, Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, filed for federal bankruptcy protection, largely because of its $2.1-billion unreturned investment in the facility. Recent rulings by federal regulators have brought the plant close to receiving a license to operate at low power.
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