![]() ![]() They're living off it.''Ĭoncerns over the project have been raised far beyond the mountainous, spruce-carpeted islands of southeastern Alaska. ``They're the kind that aren't producing much in the community. ![]() ``The activists are the kind you normally see on these anti-nuke things - these bearded, long-haired artists,'' said Ralph Bartholomew, a member of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly. Supporters say those are the unfounded fears of a small but vocal minority in a town that has long welcomed visiting Navy vessels with its fishing fleet and tourist-filled cruise ships. Lee added that the community ``also has some very valid concerns about safety, about our inability to evacuate in light of the Navy's pathetic safety record.'' ``It's going to seriously hurt our economy as far as the tourism, sport- and commercial-fishing industry goes,'' said resident Jack Lee, one of the project's most outspoken critics. The opponents also complain that the Navy has no plan to deal with a nuclear accident in the isolated area. On the other are those who say it would threaten the region's lucrative sport-fishing industry and make Ketchikan a potential target for nuclear attack. On one side are those who support the project as a contribution to national defense. ![]() Residents are divided over Pentagon plans to measure the noise of Seawolf-class attack submarines in the rich fishing grounds that support the town's economy. KETCHIKAN, Alaska - The Navy's search for a quieter nuclear submarine is causing a ruckus in this port town. ![]()
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