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
- Mar 15, 2013
- 16 min
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 4 Living with the Aftermath
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The large black sailor was naked in the middle of a roped-off area below decks, and he...
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
- 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
- May 22, 2012
- 8 min
Fractious NRC Forces Chairman’s Resignation
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Gregory Jaczko resigned as head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday, ending...
Roger Witherspoon
- Mar 30, 2011
- 6 min
Feds Rate Region’s Nuclear Fleet “Safe” But Japanese Problems Fuel Skepticism
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article All six nuclear reactors in the New York/ New Jersey metropolitan area are operating...
Roger Witherspoon
- Nov 15, 2010
- 11 min
Reversal of Fortune: Entergy’s Humbling Nuclear Venture
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Entergy Corporation’s low key announcement might well have been posted on Craig’s...
Roger Witherspoon
- Sep 11, 2010
- 4 min
Unexplained Mishaps Shut Indian Point 3
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A series of unexplained mechanical failures – including a large hot water leak and the...
Roger Witherspoon
- Sep 7, 2010
- 3 min
NRC Probes Indian Points’ Troubled Steam Generators
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal officials are investigating Entergy Nuclear Corps’ management of its massive...
Roger Witherspoon
- Apr 7, 2010
- 4 min
Nuclear Powered Cancer Clusters
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article For the past 20 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has used an epidemiologically...
Roger Witherspoon
- Apr 5, 2010
- 4 min
Double, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: Hope Creek’s Cobalt Stew
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Nuclear safety experts warn that a proposal to increase profits at the Hope Creek...
Roger Witherspoon
- Nov 16, 2009
- 5 min
Nuclear Power and the Bottomless Bank
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Congress and the Obama Administration are on a course to provide the nation’s nuclear...
Roger Witherspoon
- Oct 28, 2009
- 6 min
The Forever Technology
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article “There’s no reason why technologically we can’t employ nuclear energy in a safe and...
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