As state eyes new nuclear, Seabrook’s neighbors offer insight formed over decades

As NH eyes new nuclear, Seabrook’s neighbors offer insight formed over decades

Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, as seen from across the Blackwater River. (Photo by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin)In the late 1970s, when Seabrook resident David Wright was about 9 years old, his father began bringing him along to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant across the marsh from their family home. Some locals were fired up. “They didn’t want a reactor in their backyard,” Wright said. Thousands who shared that se…

As state eyes new nuclear, Seabrook’s neighbors offer insight formed over decades

Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, as seen from across the Blackwater River. (Photo by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin)In the late 1970s, when Seabrook resident David Wright was about 9 years old, his father began bringing him along to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant across the marsh from their family home. Some locals were fired up. “They didn’t want a reactor in their backyard,” Wright said. Thousands who shared that se…