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By Teresa Weaver
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V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Station in
Jenkinsville protested the plant construction at the
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's annual
stockholders meeting Wednesday.
A group of about ten citizens calling themselves
Fairfield United Action read a prepared statement at
a press conference before the meeting calling for the
dismantling 01 me new plant or its conversion to a
coal-operated system.
Jennie Manaiza, a Jenkinsville resident, said the
group did not have enough votes to close down the
plant, but hoped to make the stockholders aware that
residents are concerned about the plant's operations.
"WE'RE A SMALL group, but we're concerned
about our health and the high costs of our utility bills.
SCE&G just moved in there and more or less took
over. They claim it's safe, but we know otherwise.
They need to know what's going on, becuase they
aren't aware yet of what residents feel," she said.
Fairfield United Action has a total membership of
about thirty Jenkinsville residents and some interested
ci 'zens from other areas.
Rand;, Miller, a Columbia attorney who called
himself "a concerned citizen," appeared with the
group and presented their proposal to the
stockholders.
In the proposal, the citizens requested that SCE&G
develop alternative energy sources and promote
conservation rather than complete the new nuclear
plant.
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"It's just excess energy. It was forecast at a time of
large demand and a big spurt in growth. In the '80s
Carter
The opportunity to expand
government services on such a
large scale, he said, was made
possible by the financial and industrial
progress the state has
made in recent years.
"When I first came here, our
budget was less than $100 million
and today's it's in excess of $1
billion. We've seen state government
grow from its infancy
almost. The big, big thing that has
brought about this growth is that
our state has grown economically
and industrially. And I think the
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system," he said.
The technical programs
provided the training necessary to
attract large industries into South
Carolina, he explained.
The technical programs
provided the training necessary to
attract large industries into South
Carolina, he explained.
Carter said his approach to the
leadership of the House is very
different from the flamboyant
forceful style of his predecessor,
Solomon Blatt. Carter said his
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more relaxed and more accessible
to legislators.
"I take a 'we' approach to the
problems that we have, instead of
an T approach. It's part of my
personality. I like to do things
together instead of by myself. I
don't try to get the credit for
everything," he said.
The decision to retire after 28
years in the legislature was "a
tough one," Carter said, but he felt
he needed to devote more time to
his family and his private law
practice in Greenville.
"The demands on the speaker
are so great now that it's almost a
full-time job. I needed to get out
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been in public life most of my adult
life. I may find I dislike private life
or I may find that I love it," he
said.
His retirement from public
service may be short-lived,
however, as he has expressed an
interest in the 1982 gubernatorial
race.
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we'll see more conservation and alternative energy
sources. That's the trend the utility companies will be
taking," he said.
The health risks are a major concern for the
residents, and most said their fears were a direct
result of the recent accident at the nuclear plant at
Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. General Public
Utilities Corporation, owner of the Three Mile Island
plant, used to sell its stock at $18 per share but are
now selling the same stock for less than $5, Miller
said.
"SCE&G has made a poor investment in this
nuclear plant and we want the stockholders to realize
this and invest in safer, surer electrical generation,"
he said. "Not opening this plant, even this far along in
the game, would be cheaper for SCE&G than
covering all these unknown costs."
The cost of dismantling the plant after its thirty
year lifespan has been estimated to be between 10
and 100 percent of its total construction cost. Miller
said the plant will generate more than 50,000 pounds
of high-level radioactive waste every year and the
disposal cost is uncertain now.
BASED ON THESE unknown cost projections,
Miller said it should be obvious to company officials
that the plant would not be as profitable as alternative
technology.
The majority of stockholders are supporting the
completion of the V.C. Summer plant, but Fairfield
United Action members agreed their primary goal is
to make the utility company aware of citizens'
complaints.
"We just want to demonstrate that there are a lot of
concerns that SOE&n officials nppH tn h#? auiaro r?f
It's an educational process. They control more votes
than we could ever hope to, but we're here to get
people to wake up to these problems before it's too
late."
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