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...
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Roger Witherspoon
Aug 25, 20136 min read
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, 20138 min read
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
Jul 17, 20136 min read
Daddy, Me, Trayvon and “The Talk”
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Art I’d never seen Mom cry before. Daddy had said “go over to the chair. We have to talk.” And...
Roger Witherspoon
Jun 21, 20135 min read
Just Drifting: A Japanese Import Roaring on American Race Tracks
Anyone who has driven a car on sheet ice knows the feeling. You hit the gas pedal, and the wheels spin faster and faster, but the rear.....
Roger Witherspoon
Mar 15, 201316 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 3, 201312 min read
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 3: Cat and Mouse with a Nuclear Ghost
By: Roger Witherspoon For several days, the winds from the destroyed nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi crashed head on into the myth...
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
Jan 30, 20134 min read
Hyundai Santa Fe: The Ambitious Crossover from Korea
The Hyundai Sonata sedan has a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder, turbocharged engine producing 264 horsepower and 269 pound-feet of torque.
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 13, 20136 min read
The Ford F-150 Still the Runaway Best Seller
The F-150 Raptor is a work truck that looks good and can go anywhere and do just about anything one might want a vehicle to do.
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
Dec 12, 201210 min read
Cooling the Waters, Taking the Heat
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In an unprecedented move, the environmental agencies of New Jersey and New York have...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 8, 20126 min read
Cruising in a Luxury Liner: The Lexus GS 350
The Lexus GS-350 is a sport sedan aimed squarely at the upscale, market regularly patrolled by the BMW 535i, Mercedes E-350, Cadillac CTS...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 4, 20124 min read
Rolling Through a Superstorm In a Mazda CX-5
he Mazda CX-5 is a mid-sized, five-passenger SUV that is not particularly intended for off-road driving and certainly wasn’t designed...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 30, 20125 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 18, 20129 min read
The Dust Bowl: America’s Greatest Ecological Disaster
By Roger Witherspoon “A decade-long natural catastrophe of biblical proportions ensued, with swarms of grasshoppers and hordes of rabbits...
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 29, 20123 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...
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