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    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
    Nuclear Poison in the Land: A Farm Family from Fukushima Loses it All
    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 Sato, killing a chicken was not a novel event.  “We kill chickens for food. We sell chickens. We raise chickens to eat,” she said. “But this was different. This was too much.” She was sitting in the sparse conference room in the Ossining, NY headquarters of the environmental group Riverkeeper, having lunch and recalling the life-changing events
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