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Riverkeeper Responds to Congressional Homeland Security Subcommittee Aerial Tour of Indian Point

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Members of the House Appropriation Subcommittee on Homeland Security, including Congresswoman Lowey from New York, had the unique occasion to participate in an aerial tour of the Indian Point nuclear plant and surrounding area yesterday to review critical infrastructure in New York and the need for adequate federal anti-terrorism funding.

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How an Indian Point Meltdown Could Cause a Large Radiological Release

Since the devastating accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant one year ago, Entergy spokespeople have been quick to make unsubstantiated claims about how “it can’t happen here.” Such public distortions include misleading statements about whether Entergy could avoid large-scale radiological releases from Indian Point during an accident. As described below in an article written by Mark Leyse, there is much cause for concern about whether the build-up of hydrogen during an accident could be managed at Indian Point in order to avoid harmful explosions that could expose the public […]

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Activists Call for Indian Point Closure

Riverkeeper: Agreement to reduce sewage pollution in NYC is a good start

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New York City waters will soon be safer for swimming and fishing, thanks to a new agreement between city and state leaders that Riverkeeper and its partners helped shape.

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Fukushima Cleanup Worker Visits Westchester

Indian Point, One Year After Fukushima

Fukushima One Year Later: Don’t Let It Happen Here

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A year ago on March 11, an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to the evacuation of 160,000 people, a 12-mile exclusion zone around the crippled plant, and an ongoing crisis.

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Public Hearing On Proposed Hudson River Water Treatment Plant Takes Place Today

Danger Zone: Ageing Nuclear Reactors

Indian Point 3 could restart in days after transformer’s gas buildup

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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