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    Critical Nuclear Reactor Bolts Fail at Indian Point 2
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Mar 31, 2016
    • 7 min

    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 bolts needed to channel cooling water through active nuclear fuel rods were broken, distorted or “missing”, a finding that calls into question the effectiveness of the long term management of this and other ageing power plants. The inspection, which began March 7, concerned the 832 “baffle-former assembly bolts” which hold special metal plates
    Entergy Leaving Gotham Behind
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Dec 5, 2010
    • 6 min

    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 Westchester County to about 4 percent of the area’s power needs while selling increasing portions of its juice in an open market stretching from Maine to Delaware. The company is spending millions of dollars on an extensive campaign to convince the public that the region would suffer if the nuclear plants at Indian Point were shut and its 2,100
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