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Press Mention The News-Sentinel March 26, 2002

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Four electricians burned at Browns Ferry

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Four electricians were injured by electrical shock at TVA's Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama on the same day TVA directors were briefed on restarting the mothballed Unit 1 reactor. Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy criticized TVA's lack of oversight, arguing no other utility could pursue such an expensive project ($1.7–1.8 billion) while carrying a $25 billion debt. The accident occurred in a non-nuclear area of the turbine building with no public safety threat.

No other utility in the country I think could get away with what TVA is about to get away with

Stephen A. Smith

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