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Roger Witherspoon
Mar 31, 20167 min read
Critical Nuclear Reactor Bolts Fail at Indian Point 2
By Roger Witherspoon A special inspection of the Indian Point 2 nuclear reactor found that more than a quarter of the stainless steel...
Roger Witherspoon
Feb 13, 20166 min read
Indian Point Contaminates the Hudson River With Uncontrollable Radioactive Flow
By Roger Witherspoon For more than a decade, it has been impossible for operators of the Indian Point nuclear power plant to stop highly...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 13, 20127 min read
Double-Teamed: New York Battles the Feds And Entergy to Close Indian Point Nuclear Plant
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article William Holston was obviously exasperated. For nearly two hours he had fielded the...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 30, 20125 min read
When the Nuclear Fission Stops: PSC Seeks Future Without Indian Point
By Roger Witherspoon The two utilities providing electricity to New York City and Westchester County have been ordered by the State...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 4, 20127 min read
Riding out the Storm: Sandy vs. the Nuclear Plants
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The roaring winds, at times approaching 100 miles per hour, were relentless as...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 29, 20123 min read
Nuclear Plants Brace for Rising Wind and Water
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Eleven nuclear power plants in the direct path of Hurricane Sandy – including all four...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 26, 20127 min read
A Question of Competence: Will Indian Point be Safe for Decades?
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Robert Aleksick was emphatic. “FAC is like roaches,” he said, spreading his arms wide...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 7, 20124 min read
Security Problems at Three NJ Nuclear Plants
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal regulators, after six months of intensive examination, have found serious...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 9, 20126 min read
Turning off Indian Point And Keeping the Subways Running
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article For the past decade, Entergy and supporters have proclaimed that its twin Indian Point...
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 20, 20125 min read
Radioactive Quandry: States Wonder What’s Next for Spent Fuel
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The Nuclear Regulatory Commission faces a Thursday deadline to challenge a landmark,...
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 9, 20127 min read
NRC Halts New Nuclear Licenses: Existing Licenses in Doubt
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In an unprecedented move, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has bowed to a court order...
Roger Witherspoon
Jul 25, 201210 min read
Dropping by the Millions: NRC Downgrades Indian Point Fish Kills
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In a stunning change of position, federal regulators have downgraded by a factor of...
Roger Witherspoon
May 25, 20128 min read
White House Moves Swiftly To Replace NRC’s Jaczko
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The White House, wasting no time lamenting the pending departure of embattled Nuclear...
Roger Witherspoon
May 22, 20128 min read
Fractious NRC Forces Chairman’s Resignation
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Gregory Jaczko resigned as head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday, ending...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 26, 20115 min read
Indian Point vs. the Hudson River: Hearings Begin on Cooling System Impacts
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article “…EPA’s insupportable assumption that screening technologies are available at nuclear...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 8, 20114 min read
Weapons Upgrade Sought For Indian Point Guards
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Entergy Nuclear has asked federal regulators to override New York State’s weapons law...
Roger Witherspoon
Mar 30, 20116 min read
Feds Rate Region’s Nuclear Fleet “Safe” But Japanese Problems Fuel Skepticism
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article All six nuclear reactors in the New York/ New Jersey metropolitan area are operating...
Roger Witherspoon
Feb 16, 20116 min read
Suit Seeks Review of Local Nuclear Waste Storage
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A federal court suit challenging the right of nuclear plant operators to store high...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 5, 20106 min read
Entergy Leaving Gotham Behind
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Entergy Nuclear has dropped its share of electricity supporting New York City and...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 15, 201011 min read
Reversal of Fortune: Entergy’s Humbling Nuclear Venture
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Entergy Corporation’s low key announcement might well have been posted on Craig’s...
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