{news} Millstone Insecurity Rally Wednesday 3/29

[David Bedell]

CONNECTICUT COALITION AGAINST MILLSTONE
http://www.MothballMillstone.org

ANTI-MILLSTONE COALITION RALLIES
FOR MILLSTONE SECURITY

For Immediate Release March 27, 2006
Contact: Nancy Burton 203-938-3952/ Cell203-545-9252/ nancyburtonesq at aol.com


   WATERFORD - The Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone will stage a
rally on March 29, 2006 from 2 to 3 P.M. in front of the Millstone Nuclear
Power Station to call attention to allegations that the plant’s security 
system
is routinely disabled during windy weather conditions, leaving it vulnerable
to terrorist intrusion.

   “Particularly since 9-11, we’ve been constantly assured by Dominion,
Millstone’s owner, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal
regulator, that Millstone is protected with state-of-the-art security to 
foil
terrorism,” said Nancy Burton, the Coalition’s director.

   “Based on recent revelations from sources inside the plant, we now know
these assurances have been nothing but transparent deceptions,” Burton said.
“The truth is that Millstone security is a farce.”

   Allegations of Dominion’s practice of disabling the sophisticated
security system during windy conditions - which are not infrequent at the 
coastal
site where the plant is located on the Long Island Sound - appear in a
complaint, by a senior employee concerns employee at Millstone who was fired 
for
challenging this reckless practice, filed with the Connecticut Department of
Public Utility Control.

   The colorful rally will feature Tom Callinan, the state’s first
official troubadour, performing a song he wrote for the occasion, “Mothball
Millstone,” a variety of speakers and Katie the Goat, who will protest the 
fact that
nuclear evacuation plans make no provision for pets or livestock.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 2-3 PM
WHERE: Entranceway to Millstone Nuclear Power Station, 314 Rope Ferry Road,
Waterford
PARKING: Camp View Motor Court, 334 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford
Note to Editors: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct public
meetings on Millstone following the rally at 3 P.M. at the Millstone Sillin
Training Building and at 6 P.M. at the Waterford Town Hall; for further
information go to:
http://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/idmws/doccontent.dll?library=PU_ADAMS^PBNTAD01&ID=060740151:7