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Following the accidental fire in a transformer at the troubled Indian Point nuclear site last weekend, and the unplanned release of oil into the Hudson River, calls are growing for the two remaining power plants to be shut down, writes Karl Grossman. The NRC is likely to extend its expiring licenses for another 20 years – but New York State could still refuse it a water use permit.

by  Eileen Mahood-Jose  On June 2, 2011 over 500 anti-nuclear activists attended a public hearing, in Cortlandt Manor, NY, called by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the purpose of reviewing the year’s safety record of Indian Point, Manhattan’s closest nuclear power station, and to put the public’s minds to restRead More