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Yearly archive 2002

“Indian Point Still A Concern”

“The Homeland Security Department needs to review conflicting claims on the nuclear power plant. There’s no denying the significant contributions of the Indian Point nuclear power plant to the economy of the mid-Hudson and the quality of life of the state in general. The plant, on the Hudson River in Buchanan, generates tens of millions...
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“Our Nuclear Achilles’ Heel”

“After 60 years of experience with nuclear power and weapons, it now seems clear that humans are unable to devise controls that work. Nuclear is too complicated and unpredictable for reliable human control. Unlike renewable sources of energy, nuclear is an unforgiving technology because normal human lapses and errors can produce unexpected consequences that are...
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“A Mother’s Day Plea: Close Indian Point” by Susan Konig

“With three kids under seven, you’ve got to be organized. On my desk I’ve got three folders: Little League schedules, Brownie meetings, nuclear-evacuation plans. Doesn’t everyone? My little Westchester town is just down the road from the Indian Point nuclear power plant, a few miles as the crow flies (or as the fallout drifts, depending...
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"Demonstrators from both sides pack Indian Point hearing" by Roger Witherspoon

“Demonstrators from both sides pack Indian Point hearing” by Roger Witherspoon

“WHITE PLAINS — Hundreds of chanting, shouting residents packed a Westchester County legislative hearing on the future of Indian Point last night to either demand an end to the nuclear plants or urge support for their continued operation. The dueling demonstrations pitted about 400 union workers from the two nuclear plants in Buchanan, who came...
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“Psychotic engineer worked at Indian Point” by Joseph T. Martorano, M.D., P.C.

“To the Editor: It is absolutely infuriating and probably lethal to read the vested rationalizations for Indian Point, as in the extensive article you published by Joseph McCourt, in the Feb. 8 issue of the Inquirer. My professional experience directly contradicts Entergy’s supposed tight monitoring of employees. The single most psychotic patient appearing in my...
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