Closing Indian Point
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, critics have clamored for the closing of Entergy's Indian Point nuclear plant, located in Buchanan, N.Y., only 26 miles from densely populated New York City. Indian Point has been deemed a potential disaster site whose safety could be disrupted by an earthquake, hurricane or terrorist attack. When an earthquake rocked Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant this year, emitting dangerous radiation, the demands that Indian Point close when its license expires reached a crescendo.
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