{news} "Clean Beaches-Close Millstone" Rally Sunday June 25

[David Bedell]

Rally Will Tout Self-contained Cooling For  Millstone

By Patricia  Daddona

Published on 6/23/2006 in Region » Region  Briefs

A "Clean Beaches-Close  Millstone" rally will be held at noon Sunday in
Liberty Park.
The rally is  sponsored by the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone and
the Connecticut  chapter of the Sierra Club.

The coalition contends that Millstone Power Station's nuclear  reactors in
nearby Waterford pollute Long Island Sound.

Dominion, the owner of the nuclear complex, could mitigate  radioactive
effluent by converting its cooling system, which uses ocean water,  to a
self-contained, closed system, coalition leader Nancy Burton said.

Dominion disputes the organization's claims and maintains that  radioactive
releases in water and air are safely below thresholds set by the  federal
government.

The park is at the corner of Main Street and Pennsylvania  Avenue in 
Niantic.

A march to nearby Hole-in-the-Wall Beach will follow the  rally.

The rain date is July 2.

Patricia Daddona

East Lyme
The New London Day  6/23/06