Watts Bar Protest Participant Wants To Stay On TVA Panel

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Dr. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, defends his participation in a July Earth First! protest at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and his continued service on a TVA energy-options review panel. A TVA Inspector General report recommends the board determine whether Smith should remain on the panel due to his protest involvement, which Smith characterizes as harassment and intimidation. Smith argues the real issue is TVA's nuclear future and contractor mismanagement, not environmental activism.