ii qualifications to construct and operate plants, and the distinction between "need" and "demand" for power. Of course, the Court had only addressed the procedural questions, but the issues involved were real and not impervious to changing political and economic climates. Clearly the interface between one person's strategic coup and our larger vision was th.e space it freed up for public education, the demonstration of renewable energy options and other positive forces to rush into the vacuum that had been created. Without such successes, the hard energy path would move closer to intransigence. • More recently the protracted ·length o.f the intervention process (which, says a friend of Lloyd's, if you are not careful will teach you patience) has come full circle as a positive factor in its own way. For example, the last few years have brought heavy developments for the nuclear power industry and its governmental bedfellows that have compounded the difficulties already at hand. The Brown's Ferry accident. Controversy over the Rasmussen report. Waste dispo_sal headaches. Sister Bertrell's radiation studies. And, of course, incredible inflationary pressures. Only a few years back many of these problems were more difficult to substantiate. Like toxins in the environment, the evidence is accumulating. • Also in this time,-Lloyd_'s begun to see a return on the, learning investment, and with enough support can now attract bright, well-qualified advocates experienced in energy issues and willing to wade through the mountains of paper to do the necessary research. It was such people who helped him rally from a temporary impasse in his.one-man interv~nor/ lawyer/witness tactics with fresh input and expertise. Now, Lloyd finds himself more able to concentrate on the argumentative side of the intervention process, absorbing more of the legal details at hand. In turn, he has taken on a kind of coordinator/den mother role: drawing together all this.good talent, keeping it in line, directing its flow of information and hoping that the whole effort will work out. May 1978 RAIN .Page 5 Come June, the re-hearings on Pebble Springs will convene. The new rules by which the Siting Council is to judge an application for site certificates are in place and the process will start up again. Lloyd, in conjunction with his advisors, researchers and supporters will take a new case before the Council using his well-polished skills as non-lawyer to carry the safety and operational issues on his own and coordinating a host of other testimonies focusing on many different areas of analysis. Despite this strong back-up team, it is clear that the burden of the Pebble Springs intervention rests squarely on Lloyd Marbet's shoulders-and it·is no easy one. Total dedication means sacrifices and he has made his share. Have no "normal" career-means piecing together an income and financial budget from friends and supporters. Lloyd could always use more help there. In addition to material sacrifices, personal relationships can suffer from the intensity of an intervenor's lifestyle. And there's always the question of just what Lloyd might be doing if his whole life hadn't become committed to such a time-consuming cause. A moot question, perhaps, be.cause as he says: "Any change that a person wants to become involved in means changing the rest of your life." Lloyd continues: "I never realized all this would result," reflecting on years of hard and persistent work. "Of course, it's obvious that there's more to life than just issues. It means getting a perspective on the limitlessness of things, and the limitedness of our own roles-what we can do here and now. I'll be 40 years old in 1986 when Pebble Springs is projected to be completed and operating, which means I would be about 80 when it would be ready to be shut down permanently. Upon decommissioning, it would probably be entombed for 100 years and then dismantled, which means I would never live to see it dismantled, and neither would my daughter. This really signifies our limitedness.... The reason I've lasted at this is that there's no new world to go to. I guess I'm working for the day when I can put.myself out of work. continued next page
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