Rumblings in Mississippi: interracial coalition takes on nukes - and the PSC
Residents of Port Gibson, Mississippi hoped that a nuclear power plant would reduce unemployment in the 70 percent black community, but they are now joining other intervenors to halt the nearly completed plant because most of the jobs have gone to whites, inflation has increased in the community, and they are increasingly aware of the health hazards. A coalition of dissatisfied residents hopes to reform the state's utility operation by electing three candidates to the Public Service Commission (PSC) who promise to ban nuclear plant construction, establish lifeline rates, restrict winter shutoffs, and increase citizen input. The PSC has traditionally been closely tied to business interests. The unusual coalition is made up of blacks and whites, environmentalists, and consumers - all seeking a more-responsive regulatory body. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 7153293
- Journal Information:
- Power Line; (United States), Vol. 5:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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POLICY AND ECONOMY
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
INTERVENORS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
HEALTH HAZARDS
INFLATION
MISSISSIPPI
POLITICAL ASPECTS
RATE STRUCTURE
HAZARDS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POWER PLANTS
SOUTHEAST REGION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
296000* - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power
530100 - Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies- Social & Economic Studies- (-1989)
210801 - Nuclear Power Plants- Economics- Construction & Operation- (-1987)