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    Indian Point Contaminates the Hudson River With Uncontrollable Radioactive Flow
    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 radioactive reactor and spent fuel pool coolant from leaking into the groundwater and migrating to the Hudson River. And despite assurances from Entergy that this time will be different, there is no indication that the company has developed the ability to prevent the latest uncontrolled leaks from following the underground waterway into the
    Nuke Plant May Shut to Spare Spawning Fish
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Jul 19, 2014
    • 6 min

    Nuke Plant May Shut to Spare Spawning Fish

    By Roger Witherspoon New York State is prepared to close 40 years of intermittent and costly legal wrangling over the annual destruction of billions of fish by the twin Indian Point nuclear power plants in the productive Hudson River estuary if the plant agrees to shut down during peak spawning and hatching seasons for the river’s major fish populations. But such a deal, if ratified, would mean the plants could be shut from 13 weeks to 32 weeks, an enforced idleness which cou
    Former NRC Chair: Emergency Plans Won’t Protect Residents from Radiation, And Indian Point Should Be
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Oct 7, 2013
    • 9 min

    Former NRC Chair: Emergency Plans Won’t Protect Residents from Radiation, And Indian Point Should Be

    Gregory Jaczko: Shut Indian Point down By Roger Witherspoon The former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday that emergency plans for a catastrophic event at the Indian Point nuclear power plant are not designed to ensure that residents will escape unhealthy doses of radiation and it would be best if the plant closes down. Gregory Jaczko, who led the five-member Commission during the triple meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima  Daiichi  nuclear station and resigne
    When the Nuclear Fission Stops:     PSC Seeks Future Without Indian Point
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Nov 30, 2012
    • 5 min

    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 Public Service Commission to plan for a future without electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plants. In the first concrete action taken by a state agency to move towards a non-nuclear energy future in the lower Hudson River Valley, the PSC ordered Consolidated Edison and the New York Power Authority “to develop and file a contingency pl
    A Question of Competence: Will Indian Point be Safe for Decades?
    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 in a gesture of exasperation. “Where you see one, there are bound to be more hidden away.” Aleksick should know about these hidden pests. As president of CSI Technologies, Inc., he is one of the nation’s foremost experts on FACs, or Flow Assisted Corrosion, a condition of degradation on the inside of pipes carrying superheated, radioactive w
    State & Grid Operators Concur:  Indian Point Unnecessary
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Sep 4, 2012
    • 7 min

    State & Grid Operators Concur: Indian Point Unnecessary

    By Roger Witherspoon Schenectady, NY – The 1,000-megawatt Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant could be shut down when its license expires in 2013 with no impact on either system reliability or the electricity needs of the New York City -Westchester County section of the state’s electric grid. But the region could face an electricity shortage and a stress on system voltage if its nuclear twin, Indian Point 3, closes when its license expires at the end of 2015 and no replacement
    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
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Dec 5, 2010
    • 2 min

    Q&A: Entergy’s Local Presence

    Q:        How much electricity do Indian Point 2 and 3 produce? A:         According to Entergy’s annual report for calendar year 2009, Indian Point 2 produces 1,028 megawatts of electricity and Indian Point 3 produces 1,041 megawatts. Q:        How much electricity is used in the New York City / Westchester County service area of the NY State power grid? A:         New York City and Westchester County use 9,000 to about 13,000 megawatts of electricity during peak periods d
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