Environment: Counterattack for Seabrook

NUCLEAR ENERGY—SAFER THAN SEX. That claim, emblazoned on T shirts, was one of the few light slogans on display in the streets of Manchester, N.H., last week. The otherwise earnest and orderly demonstration was the response of pronuclear forces to the 2,000 youthful environmentalists who last May staged a well-publicized occupation of the site designated for the long-delayed Seabrook nuclear power plant on the New Hampshire coast. More than half were arrested and held in custody, but the police had nothing to do but direct traffic when their opponents came to town....

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