Roger Witherspoon
Fiscal Woes May Sink Clearwater
Clearwater, the venerable environmental organization that was a driving force behind the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act may have to
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Roger Witherspoon
- May 28, 2016
- 12 min
Degradation of Indian Point Reactor Triggers NRC Investigation
The unprecedented degradation of critical baffle bolts in the Indian Point 2 reactor has triggered an extensive investigation by federal...
Roger Witherspoon
- Apr 15, 2016
- 8 min
23 Years of Radioactive Rainfall at Indian Point
For the past 23 years, Entergy engineers have tried unsuccessfully to ignore, live with, and then stop radioactive rain from Indian Point.
Roger Witherspoon
- Mar 31, 2016
- 7 min
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 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
- Jan 18, 2016
- 6 min
Fiscal Woes Drowning Clearwater: Iconic Festival may be Doomed
By Roger Witherspoon January 18, 2016 Download and/or Print Article Clearwater, the groundbreaking environmental organization founded by...
Roger Witherspoon
- Aug 17, 2014
- 5 min
Rep. Leonard Lance: Climate Defender to Climate Change Denier
By Roger Witherspoon August 17, 2014 Download and/or Print Article To environmental activists, their dramatically changing relationship...
Roger Witherspoon
- Jul 19, 2014
- 6 min
NY Alters Course on Indian Point Water Usage
By Roger Witherspoon July 19, 2014 Download and/or Print Article New York State is prepared to close 40 years of intermittent and costly...
Roger Witherspoon
- Jan 16, 2014
- 3 min
Wide Gulf and Angry Words in Indian Point Labor Talks
By Roger Witherspoon January 16, 2014 Download and/or Print Article Rye, N.Y. – Two days of contract talks with federal mediators ended...
Roger Witherspoon
- Jan 15, 2014
- 5 min
Strike Threat Looms at Indian Point
By Roger Witherspoon January 15, 2014 Download and/or Print Article Representatives of Entergy Nuclear and the union representing control...
Roger Witherspoon
- Nov 21, 2013
- 7 min
Are Terrorists Training at Nuclear Plant? NRC Probes Indian Point Security
By Roger Witherspoon November 21, 2013 Download and/or Print Article The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating possibly major...
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...
Roger Witherspoon
- Aug 25, 2013
- 6 min
Nuke Plant to Run on Expired Operating License
By Roger Witherspoon August 25, 2013 Download and/or Print Article Federal regulators have granted a special exemption to the Indian...
Roger Witherspoon
- Jul 29, 2013
- 8 min
Attorney Generals Fight for Public Access in Nuclear Issues
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article San Onofre The Attorney Generals of New York and Vermont have joined the fight against...
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 11, 2013
- 9 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, 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
- Dec 13, 2012
- 7 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...
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