Indian Point is Not Secure

• Indian Point is poorly defended and vulnerable to a catastrophic terrorist attack. An internal Entergy report found that only 19% of the plant's security officers felt they could adequately defend the plant after the terrorist attacks. The officers told the security consultant that physical agility tests were lax and weapons training was inadequate. The officers also felt the security parameters set by the federal government were insufficient. Read more...
• Indian Point is still without a no-fly zone. This is rather disturbing given the fact that both Disney World and Disneyland have no-fly zones enforced above them. If Mickey Mouse and Disney deserve a no-fly zone, shouldn't Indian Point and Entergy?
• According to a July 2002 report titled Making The Nation Safer: The Role Of Science And Technology In Countering Terrorism , "the potential for 9/11 type attacks on nuclear power plants is high." The report, released by the National Research Council , describes the threat risk as high with potential consequences "ranging from reactor shutdowns to core meltdowns with very large releases of radioactivity." Read more...
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Indian Point is Not Safe

• The Indian Point nuclear power plant has a long history of safety problems. Indian Point 2, in particular, has a poor safety performance record and ranks among the nation's worst-run reactors. In fact, Indian Point 2, until recently, ranked dead last among the nation's 103 reactors. As Indian Point 2 and 3 continue to age, it will continue to suffer from age-related component degradation that will reduce the margins of safety at the facility and jeopardize public health and safety. Read more...
• A 1997 Brookhaven National Lab Study claims that a disaster from a spent fuel pool could cause anywhere from 1,500 to 143,000 cancer deaths and $800 million to $566 billion in damage, and could make a radius of 1 to 2,790 square miles around the plant uninhabitable. The dramatic range is due to several factors, such as weather conditions, differences in population and the age of the spent fuel. The Chernobyl accident, which rendered about a thousand square miles uninhabitable (about 100 square miles permanently), released to the environment only a fraction of the radioactive material currently stored at Indian Point. Thus, it is entirely conceivable that a significant radiological release from Indian Point could render a large portion of the New York metropolitan area uninhabitable. Read more...
• The radiological emergency plan for Indian Point is badly flawed, unworkable and key components are unfixable. According to former FEMA director, James Lee Witt, “...the current radiological response system and capabilities are not adequate to ... protect the people from an unacceptable dose of radiation in the event of a release from Indian Point...Read more...
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Indian Point is Not Necessary

• Even if we shut down Indian Point tomorrow there would be adequate electricity generation and transmission capacity to power New York City, Westchester County, and New York State as a whole. Read more....
• Indian Point is heavily subsidized creating a false perception that the facility is economical. Read more...

Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a movement to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant located just 24 miles north of New York City has swelled to historic proportions. Over sixty-five organizations and nearly 400 elected Republicans and Democrats have called for the plant’s shutdown due to lax security, a poor safety record, and lack of a viable emergency evacuation plan.