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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...
Roger Witherspoon
Mar 31, 20167 min read
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
Mar 4, 20167 min read
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
Feb 13, 20166 min read
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...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 7, 20139 min read
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
Mar 15, 201316 min read
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 11, 20139 min read
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
Feb 1, 20138 min read
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...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 30, 20125 min read
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 15, 20124 min read
Nuclear Plants Brace for Rising Wind and Water
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Eleven nuclear power plants in the direct path of Hurricane Sandy – including all four...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 29, 20123 min read
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 26, 20127 min read
Turning off Indian Point And Keeping the Subways Running
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article For the past decade, Entergy and supporters have proclaimed that its twin Indian Point...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 9, 20126 min read
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...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 4, 20127 min read
Radioactive Quandry: States Wonder What’s Next for Spent Fuel
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The Nuclear Regulatory Commission faces a Thursday deadline to challenge a landmark,...
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 20, 20125 min read
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
May 22, 20128 min read
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
Mar 27, 20126 min read
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 26, 20115 min read
Power, Energy, and Black America
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Articlle In a sense, it could fairly be said to have begun with patent number 252,386, issued...
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 2, 20105 min read
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