
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 15, 1990                   TAG: 9003152626
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/4   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

COURT OKS LICENSING FOR SEABROOK

A federal appeals court ruling leaves the way clear for the Seabrook, N.H., nuclear plant to receive its commercial operating license after a 20-year fight with anti-nuclear activists.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission could begin preparations as early as today for licensing the $6.5 billion plant.

"It's absolutely about time," said Ted Feigenbaum, a senior official at New Hampshire Yankee, the company that operates Seabrook. "It just shows that if you wait long enough, justice is forthcoming."

The U.S. Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision Wednesday, refused to place a stay on issuance of a license for the plant.

Situated on the New Hampshire coast about two miles north of the Massachusetts line, the Seabrook plant can generate enough electricity to power 1 million homes.

Opponents of the plant said they will appeal.

by CNB