Prose and controversy — An editorial

For quite some time the citizens of this area of eastern New England and Cape Cod, where your editor has his summer residence, have been bombarded with a steady stream of propaganda concerning the unsafe nature of nuclear reactors for power generation. The current target is Boston Edison´s Pilgrim 1 plant, and the Union of Concerned Scientists have set up headquarters in Plymouth and have issued news releases alleging that the plant represents a continuous hazard to the people of this community. One of the leaders of the UCS, acting as an intervenor, succeeded in halting operation of this plant for several months, until the go-ahead was finally given.