BLUE RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE LEAGUE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Group Claims Agency Cover Up Safety Problems at Plant Vogtle Today in Atlanta, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League revealed that potential safety problems at Plant Vogtle are being withheld from public view. The group said that for over a year it had received no answer to its formal request for disclosure of information about Plant Vogtle’s ability to withstand earthquakes and other threats. In a statement to be delivered today to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of New Reactors’ public meeting on Plant Vogtle construction, BREDL Vice President Rev. Willie Tomlin asks why the agency is keeping the information from public view and reiterates the request for disclosure.
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