As electricity demand grows, Maine weighs nuclear power

As electricity demand grows, Maine weighs nuclear power

The remains of the Maine Yankee nuclear plant in Wiscasset are protected by a tall chain link fence topped with razor wire and a checkpoint manned by armed guards. Surrounded by trees and fields, towering pylons from an electric substation are some of the only infrastructure still visible from the road leading down to Bailey Point. But Don Hudson says 30 years ago it was a completely different scene: A huge dome covered a reactor that cranked ou…