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Monthly archive May, 2005

“Can nuclear plant deal with attack?” by Greg C. Bruno

“Aboard the Hudson Riverkeeper – The radio is silent as John Lipscomb steers his Chesapeake Bay deadrise through the early morning chop, Indian Point in his sights.   Less than 3,000 feet and closing. He checks his heading, glances through a pair of binoculars at two patrol boats tied to the nuclear plant’s bulkhead, and continues on...

“PROTECTING RESIDENTS DEEMED NOT URGENT BY FEDERAL AGENCY”

RIVERKEEPER PRESS RELEASE 5.20.05 PROTECTING RESIDENTS DEEMED NOT URGENT BY FEDERAL AGENCY The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rejects Petition Calling for Backup Power to Emergency Sirens Garrison, NY   Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rejected a public petition that would require all nuclear utilities to equip emergency notification systems with backup power sources independent from the...

“The Cost of Nuclear Power” by Lisa Rainwater van Suntum

“To the Editor: Re ” ‘No Nukes,’ No More,” by John Tierney (column, May 17): The only sector that reaps economic benefits from nuclear power is the nuclear industry. Entergy, the owner-operator of the Indian Point nuclear plant, 24 miles north of New York City, hauls in more than $10 billion in annual revenue. Over...

“Indian Point prepares dry-cask storage system” by Michael Risinit

“BUCHANAN The real estate advertisement might read something like this: “Rvr. vu, spacious, newly renov., built to last.” Such is the home planned for the nuclear waste at Indian Point in Buchanan. By fall 2006, about a year behind schedule, Entergy Nuclear Northeast expects to begin transferring used, radioactive fuel from storage pools at the...

“No license renewal for Indian Point” by Darcy Casteleiro

“As a recent editorial in The Journal News stated, a report from the National Academy of Science gives Rockland residents good reason to worry about Indian Point. With the plant’s license coming up for renewal, citizens have an ideal opportunity to let the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission know that we do not want Indian Point...

“POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2000 ACCIDENT AT INDIAN POINT ON HEALTH OF LOCAL INFANTS” by Joseph J. Mangano, MPH MBA Radiation and Public Health Project

“On February 16, 2000 , the Indian Point Unit 2 reactor experienced a Level 2 (4 being the most severe) accident, necessitating the shutdown of the unit for the next year.  Consolidated Edison and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission stated that the accident caused minimal levels of radiation to escape into the environment; that the...

NGO Presentations to the 2005 NPT Review Conference

The Medical and Ecological Consequences of Nuclear Power The Medical and Ecological Consequences of Nuclear Power Speaker: Helen Caldicott, Nuclear Policy Research Institute The official task of the IAEA since 1957, enshrined in article IV of the NPT promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the “transfer” of nuclear technology. Superimposed upon this official...