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the next two years. Smith said any
additional costs on the plant would
also have to be incurred by the
consumers.
Smith said Shearon Harris could
not be accurately compared to the
Chernobyl plant.
ttl think its natural that Chernobyl
has raised questions and anxities
among people with respect to nuclear
power plants, he said. "It's our
industry's responsibility to provide
the public with sufficient information
so that . they'll know that what
happened at Chernobyl absolutely
should not happen here."
Both groups have been providing
the public with information to
support their separate claims. Con
fusion has been the result
"Some of the information is con
flicting," Chatham County Commi
sioner Carl Thompson said. "That's
a tremendous problem where, we're
concerned. We want to make a
decision based on fact."
Chatham, Wake, Harnett and Lee
counties all lie partially within the
1 0-mile radius around the reactor.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commis
sion requires CP&L to have an
evacuation plan for towns in the
radius before it is given a license to
operate.
On May 27, CASH scored its
biggest victory when the Chatham
County commissioners expressed
dissatisfaction with the evacuation
plan ,and voted unanimously to
withdraw from, it. ul really think
that's what the people of Chatham -County
wanted," said Earl Thomp
son, commission chairman. "A local
official, is supposed to go with the
majority.
Smith said that if Chatham County
does not participate in the plan, the
opening of Shearon Harris could be
delayed six months at a cost of $2
million a day.
Thompson said the commission
would reconsider the plan after
"critical examination of unresolved
issues."
Beyond Chatham County, the
influence of CASH on local govern
ing bodies has been felt, among
others, by the city councils of
Durham, Carrboro, Hillsborough
and Chapel Hill, and June 17 by the
Orange County Commission. Each
has responded to public pressure by
passing resolutions calling for the
conversion of Shearon Harris to a
non-nuclear fuel plant.
"We don't believe in politics,
anyone is immune from the public,"
Eddleman said. "The basic idea is
. this: we get the facts out to the public,
. and when they see there are better
and cheaper and safer alternatives,
they just simply will not stand -for.
ShCaron Harris. Then we, the
aroused public, contact our public
officials and say do something about
it."
On the Chapel Hill Town Council,
Nancy Preston said the efforts of
CASH definitely influenced the
council's decision.
William Cummings, a leader of the
Orange County CASH, said com
munications with public officials was
not difficult. "We're a local-based,
grass roots organization, so there's
not a huge gap between us and them,"
he said.
' The strength of CASH varies from
county to county. In Wake County,
the home of Shearon Harris, CASH
has yet to present the commission
with any evidence of its support there.
"No, people haven't been contacting
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