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Monthly archive February, 2003

“FEMA Given Deadline on Indian Pt. Report” by Raymond Hernandez

“WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 – A House panel today gave the Federal Emergency Management Agency 30 days to disclose how it intends to respond to a state report concluding that emergency plans are inadequate to protect the public in the event of a disastrous radiation leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County....

“Pataki artfully avoids taking stand on Indian Point” by Phil Riesman

“Gov. George Pataki can run from Indian Point, but he can’t hide. He can bob, weave and pass the proverbial buck through the chambers of the vast bureaucracy only so long before the issue will inevitably come back to him in the form of a direct question. That question is: Can the public be safely...

“Ulster hears pitch to oppose nuke relicensing; Resolution on Indian Point is urged” by Dan Shapley

“KINGSTON — Ulster County should urge federal authorities not to renew Indian Point’s license to operate nuclear power plants in Westchester County, a legislator from there told Ulster’s Legislature Wednesday. Entergy Nuclear Northeast, which owns the plants, has said it intends to apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 40-year license renewal when its...