Ohio Nuclear Power Scandal

Karl GrossmanInvestigative journalist Karl Grossman (photo, left), a Beyond Nuclear board member, has published an article in Counterpunch that begins:

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI this week charged the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and four others in a $61 million scheme to use $1 billion in ratepayers' money to keep two decrepit nuclear power plants operating.

And, said the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David DeVillers, at a press conference after the arrests Tuesday: “This is by no means over. We are going to continue with this investigation.”

To learn more about the scandal, including widespread media coverage across Ohio and nationally, as well as press statements from environmental and anti-nuclear groups, click this link.