On June 2 , 1979 , just two months after the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania , a group of people climbed over the barbed wire fence that surrounded the Black Fox Power Plant . Protesters carried their backpacks , tents and acoustic guitars in an attempt to disrupt construction and camp out overnight . About 500 people were arrested for protesting . On February 16 , 1982 , Public Service Company of Oklahoma canceled the Black Fox project . After nine years of court and legal challenges by Carrie Barefoot Dickerson and the Citizen 's Action for Safe Energy ( CASE ) group , and $ 555,000 , they would win against PSO
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