The nuclear-safety debate hits home
Only in print: The nuclear-safety debate hits home New York’s Indian Point Energy Center — and its Fairfield County neighbors — are at the center of a growing national debate over the question: Do nuclear power plants pose serious health risks to those living near them? Indian Point, with more than 17 million people living within a...
“Two from WNYC”
The Brian Lehrer Show The Point at Indian Point Friday, June 03, 2011 Last night a hearing was held to discuss the future of Indian Point. WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly, discusses what’s in store for the power plant, located 40 miles from New York City. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2011/jun/03/point-indian-point/ Regulator and regulated: nuclear bedfellows? http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2011/jun/03/future-indian-point/ Opposition is mounting to...
“Indian Point opponents disrupt NRC safety forum” by Greg Clary
“CORTLANDT — More than 400 people turned out to hear about Indian Point‘s most recent safety record, but the opponent-dominated crowd not only wouldn’t listen to Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials, they forced the regulators to turn the format into a raucous question-and-answer session. The NRC’s traveling road show, designed to go over Indian Point’s operation...
“Indian Point nuke plant lacking firefighting equipment, officials say public doesn’t understand” by Douglas Feiden
“Huge areas of the accident-prone Indian Point nuke plant lack essential firefighting equipment like sprinklers and fire extinguishers, the Daily News has learned. The aging plant 24 miles from the city is missing basic smoke-eating tools, even as it sits on an earthquake fault and has suffered two fires since 2007. Such safety shortcuts, approved for...
BRENNAN SAYS PUBLIC IS OPERATING IN THE DARK ABOUT THE COSTS OF CLOSING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR PLANTS
State Assemblymember Jim Brennan (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the New York State Assembly’s Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, supports Governor Cuomo’s call for closure of the two nuclear power plants at Indian Point because of safety concerns. In the course of researching Entergy’s claim that the closure would be devastating to the economy of...
“Indian Point plant should be closed” by Tom Ellis
“As I see it, states can close nuclear reactors within their borders under the 1983 Supreme Court ruling, Pacific Gas and Electric vs. Energy Resources Commission. The court declared: “To the present day, Congress has preserved the dual regulation of nuclear-powered electricity generation: The Federal Government maintains complete control of the safety and ‘nuclear’ aspects of...
“Liz Kruger: Close Indian Point”
“State Senator Liz Kruger, a Manhattan Democrat who has called for the closure of the Indian Point nuclear facility in Westchester since 2003, has raised the alarm, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, about the risks the aging nuclear facility poses to the 20 million people — most of them New Yorkers —...
“New York City’s Deadly Game of Nuclear Roulette” by William Pentland
““Of all the places in all the world where no one in their right mind would build scores of nuclear power plants, Japan would be pretty near the top of the list,” concluded Leuren Moret, a radiation specialist trained at the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., in an op-ed piece that appeared...
“Rockland County Executive: It’s Time To Shut Indian Point” by Melissa Siegel
“C. Scott Vanderhoef says the risks of the nuclear plant are not worth the rewards. Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef said Tuesday that while he is confident in the government’s Indian Point evacuation plan, he still believes the nuclear plant should ultimately be closed. “My own personal belief is that no matter how good...
“Riverkeeper warns lawmakers of risks at Indian Point” by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
“WHITE PLAINS — It wouldn’t take a tsunami to dangerously damage the Indian Point nuclear reactors, an environmentalist group told Westchester County legislators on Monday. Speaking one month after an earthquake and tsunami set off a crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, Hudson Riverkeeper Paul Gallay also told a county board committee that radioactive spent...
“Indian Point’s danger threat is real” by Dan Welsh
“To the Editors: In J. D. Piro’s last column he reports that Nan Hayworth and Robert Castelli agree that “while safety is their paramount concern, the likelihood of a Japan-style tragedy at Indian Point is fairly low, since a tsunami hasn’t hit the North Atlantic coast since, well, never.” A simple googling of “nuclear accidents”...
“Nuclear Reactions” by Michel Lee
“To the Editor: “Idiotic” would be a more accurate than “probabilistic” as a characterization of the risk model used by the nuclear industry. The Indian Point nuclear power plant, 24 miles from New York City, exemplifies the defiance of common sense. The plant has an extensive history of safety problems, including fires, explosions, cooling system...
