Author: Jay Gustaferro

We wanted Massachusetts to intervene against the Seabrook nuclear power plant at the federal level. Attorney General Francis X. Belotti wanted to but Governor Michael Dukakis was on the fence. So, I accepted Tom Moughan’s invitation to birddog Dukakis the weekend he announced his run for second term. We knew it was going to be…

Gloucester resistance to the Seabrook nuke is amazingly broad-based, from ditch diggers to college professors, and even a disillusioned NRC official. One active group was the Fishermen’s Wives Association, formed because the men were out to sea so much of the time and needed a group to speak for their interests. They were astute and…