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, 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
Oct 7, 20139 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
Feb 11, 20139 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 1, 20138 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
Dec 13, 20127 min read
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...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 15, 20124 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 4, 20127 min read
Riding out the Storm: Sandy vs. the Nuclear Plants
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The roaring winds, at times approaching 100 miles per hour, were relentless as...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 7, 20124 min read
Security Problems at Three NJ Nuclear Plants
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal regulators, after six months of intensive examination, have found serious...
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 9, 20127 min read
NRC Halts New Nuclear Licenses: Existing Licenses in Doubt
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In an unprecedented move, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has bowed to a court order...
Roger Witherspoon
May 22, 20128 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
Mar 27, 20126 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 30, 20116 min read
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, 201011 min read
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 7, 20103 min read
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
Sep 5, 20105 min read
Graceless Ageing at Salem
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A series of wide ranging, federal inspections of the twin Salem nuclear power plants...
Roger Witherspoon
Jun 23, 20104 min read
Regulators Cite FP&L For Safety Violations
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal regulators have fined Florida Power & Light $70,000 for improperly maintaining...
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Jun 21, 20105 min read
The Myth of Technological Infallibility
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The unfolding events in the Gulf of Mexico underscore the importance of journalists...
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Apr 7, 20104 min read
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...
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Apr 5, 20104 min read
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...
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