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Monthly archive August, 2005

“NRC meetings to draw officials, activists from region” by Greg Clary

“gclary@thejournalnews.com THE JOURNAL NEWS The Indian Point nuclear power plant will be the focus of area emergency coordinators, public health officials and environmental activists who plan to attend Nuclear Regulatory Commission meetings in Maryland today and tomorrow that will address security at nuclear plants across the nation. The meetings, which are open to the public,...

“Indian Point needs better notification system”

“The warning sirens at Indian Point nuclear facility must be dependable. Yet they’ve failed three times in less than a month. This erratic situation can’t continue. Residents need to know if Indian Point is running correctly, and, more importantly, if there’s a problem. Right now, the siren notification system is the only way the plant...

“Nuke sirens get 24-hour monitor” by Mike Risinit

“WHITE PLAINS – Verizon has promised to continuously monitor the telephone lines that activate the four-county emergency siren system around the Indian Point nuclear power plants, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano said yesterday. The 24-hour, seven-day-a-week surveillance is meant to avoid the kind of problem that arose last week, when faulty phone lines periodically left...

“Indian Point siren song” by Bob Baird

“I’ve never felt safe living near the Indian Point nuclear plants, and nothing that’s happened during this long, hot summer has been in any way reassuring. My primary concern has been the plan devised to evacuate the 10-mile zone around the plants, which includes parts of four Rockland towns, in case of a serious emergency....