http://michiganmessenger.com/18137/former-federal-regulator-plans-for-fermi-3-nuclear-reactor-could-lead-to-job-lossConstruction of a new nuclear power plant in Michigan could cost the state jobs, according to Peter Bradford, a former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner who toured the state last month.
“No state has ever succeeded in improving its jobs picture by building unnecessarily expensive power plants,“ he said in a phone interview. “The reason is the impact of high rate on the customers in commercial and industrial class.”
Branford, who served on the NRC from 1977-82, now teaches at Vermont Law School and serves as vice chairman of board of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
During his visit to Michigan, which was arranged by groups that oppose plans by DTE Energy to build a new nuclear reactor at it’s Fermi complex in Monroe County’s Frenchtown Township. Branford testified before the State Senate’s Energy Committee and gave a presentation to a community group in Monroe. His message centered around the economic dangers of new nuclear development.
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