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, 20167 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, 20166 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, 20137 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, 20139 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, 20138 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, 20127 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, 20124 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, 20127 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, 20127 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, 20124 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, 20127 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, 201210 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, 20128 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, 20126 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, 20117 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, 20115 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, 20114 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, 20117 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, 20116 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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