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From Page 2 that a new 500,000 volt ugly powerline—which doesn’t even serve our area consumers-is absolutely essential?
And while we’re on the subject of the integrity of Vepco officials, and their programs, it’s noteworthy that the Federal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, in assessing its unprecedented fine, took occasion to thrash the company verbally and question its credibility.
“In view of the licensee’s high rate of civil penalties,’’ it said in its report last week, “the staff of the NRC is requested to evaluate the licensee’s performance in depth to determine whether additional monitoring.. is needed beyond that employed in the routine follow-ups to violations and infractions.”
The board also set up very stringent conditions that Vepco must meet in order to maintain a nuclear license for its North Anna plant. It declared that the truthfulness and the completeness of information provided by the power companies under Federal law “go to the very heart of the regulatory process.”
Was Vepco chastened by this lashing? Of course not. “Novel,” it said of the board’s decision, adding that Vepco expects to
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