Serious thought.

I'm pleased that the Maine Yankee nuclear plant is in the final stages of being decomissioned. However, we'll have custody of the casks of spent fuel for the next 100,000 years or so, a tempting target for some generation of international or domestic terrorists.

For years people living downwind of the plant were concerned about the "unexplained" increased incidence of various cancers among their friends and neighbors. And for years people worked hard to challenge the siting of the plant, and to close it down once it became operational. Now that it's finally closed, 10 years before its license expired, the power companies are actually saving money and energy costs have dropped about 10%.

Charley Noble