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Focus (Nuclear Power) #637675

NBC Evening News for Sunday, Mar 18, 2001
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.

(No location given: Soledad O'Brien) The changing times for the nuclear energy industry due to the energy shortages featured; scenes shown of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. [Cambridge Energy Research Association senior director Lawrence MAKOVICH - cites the industry's turnaround in the competitive power world.] [Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. president/CEO Ross BARKHURST - comments on recent low sales offers.] The current bidding war for the Vermont plant and high sales prices for other plants noted. [Entergy Nuclear Corporation senior vice president Randy HUTCHINSON - talks about the energy market.] The role of General Electric in designing and servicing nuclear power plants and the unsolved problem of disposing of nuclear waste noted. [Former nuclear worker New England Coalition Against Nuclear Pollution David PYLES - says we thought the battle against nuclear plants had been won.]

Reporter(s):
O'Brien, Soledad;
Seigenthaler, John
Duration:
00:04:00

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