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.”