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by Cliff Weathers A study by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says that the Indian Point 3 reactor has the highest risk of catastrophic failure in the event of a regional earthquake. The Commission calculated the odds of catastrophic failure for all… [...] by Cliff Weathers Rep. Engel This isn't the first time that Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-17) has called for the closure of the Indian Point nuclear energy plant, but the momentum is with him and it will hopefully be his last time. To give credit … [...] by Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica, and Sheri Fink, Special to ProPublica If the United States faced a nuclear disaster, local governments would automatically take charge, followed by federal authorities if the crisis grew too big for local responders to ha… [...] by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica While the nuclear crisis in Japan has focused attention on the risks of spent fuel piling up at the U.S.'s reactors, one curious fact has gone largely unnoted: There is $24 billion sitting in a "nuclear waste fun… [...] Paul Gallay, Executive Director of Riverkeeper appeared as a guest on MSNBC’s “Ed Show,” discussing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s study, which ranks the Indian Point 3 reactor in Westchester County as the most vulnerable to the effects of an eart… [...] Chernobyl disaster, 1986 by Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica As Japan struggles to contain its growing nuclear crisis, a congressman and a disaster-preparedness expert raised concerns that the United States is not prepared to respond to a nuclear disaster… [...] State Sen. David Carlucci In the wake of the ongoing nuclear disaster in northern Japan, State Senator David Carlucci (SD-38) is asking that Entergy, the owners of the Indian Point Power Center to make their safety reports accessible to the public, a… [...] AG Eric Schneiderman New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is challenging federal regulators’ plans for loosening regulations regarding the storage of nuclear waste at the sites of nuclear reactors. The State joins two other Northeast… [...] A scientist who runs the region’s seismographic network for Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory says the New York City area is past due for a significant earthquake. And some researchers are jittery about the proximity of one fault l… [...] |
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U.S. health care system unprepared for major nuclear emergency
by Sheri Fink, Special to ProPublica U.S. officials say the nation's health system is ill-prepared to cope with a catastrophic release of radiation, despite years of focus on the possibility of a terrorist "dirty bomb" or an improvised… [...]