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...
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Roger Witherspoon
- Mar 4, 2016
- 7 min
Dangerous Flaw Threatens to Close Nation’s Nuclear Fleet
Byron Nuclear Power Plant By Roger Witherspoon After four years of increasingly tense internal discussion, seven Nuclear Regulatory...
Roger Witherspoon
- Feb 13, 2016
- 6 min
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
- Nov 22, 2013
- 7 min
NRC Probes Indian Point Security
By Roger Witherspoon The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating possibly major lapses in security at the Indian Point nuclear...
Roger Witherspoon
- Feb 11, 2013
- 9 min
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 2: The Navy Life – Into the Abyss
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article To the US Government, Operation Tomodachi was just another big humanitarian aid and...
Roger Witherspoon
- Feb 1, 2013
- 8 min
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Pt 1 Radioactive Contamination of American Sailors
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The Department of Defense has decided to walk away from an unprecedented medical...
Roger Witherspoon
- Dec 13, 2012
- 7 min
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 15, 2012
- 4 min
NRC Probes Oyster Creek’s Hurricane Sandy Response
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal regulators have launched a special probe to determine if officials at the...
Roger Witherspoon
- Nov 4, 2012
- 7 min
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 26, 2012
- 7 min
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, 2012
- 4 min
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
- Aug 9, 2012
- 7 min
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, 2012
- 10 min
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, 2012
- 8 min
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
- Mar 27, 2012
- 6 min
When Redundant Safety Systems Fail: Bi-Annual Nuclear Meltdowns
The statistics of nuclear reactor meltdowns are stark. Despite improvements in technology and upgrades in safety, on average one of the...
Roger Witherspoon
- Dec 31, 2011
- 7 min
Simulated Oyster Creek Emergency Postponed Due to Real Disasters
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Operators of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant have been granted a year’s delay in...
Roger Witherspoon
- Oct 26, 2011
- 5 min
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, 2011
- 4 min
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
- Sep 26, 2011
- 7 min
Nuclear Poison in the Land: A Farm Family from Fukushima Loses it All
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Killing the chickens was the worst. For a 53-year-old organic farmer like Sachiko...
Roger Witherspoon
- Sep 2, 2011
- 6 min
Nuclear Plants Face System-Wide Earthquake Safety Review
By Roger Witherspoon The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may force the nation’s nuclear power plants to reevaluate their earthquake...
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