Fukushima in New York? This Nuclear Plant Has Some Regulators Nervous (Nuclear Hotseat #267)
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2016-08-08

Fukushima in New York? This Nuclear Plant Has Some Regulators Nervous. http://tinyurl.com/zltfh87 
This Week’s Featured Interviews: Filmmaker, subject and activists converged at the Los Angeles run of the documentary, INDIAN POINT, an exploration of nuclear issues seen through the lens of the two aging nuclear reactors located only 25 miles from New York City. http://tinyurl.com/gl8rkad

We talk with director Ivy Meeropol about what led her to devote four years of her life to making the film.

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Dr. Gregory Jaczko, who was forced out of the agency, attended the screening of Indian Point and took part in the audience Q&A afterwards.  INDIAN POINT recasts Dr. Jaczko as hero… and he was.  https://youtu.be/RkWBZbhdXis

Interviews with activists who attended the screening from Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and Japan.

Access INDIAN POINT TRAILER here. http://tinyurl.com/hhrpxq3

Numnutz of the Week:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo loses his mind and approves $965 million bailout for unprofitable upstate nuclear reactors under the rubic, “Clean Energy Standard.”  Who or what got to him…?????

HERE IS MY PLUMEGATE PLAYLIST OF NRC DOCUMENTS WHEN JACZKO WAS NRC CHAIR WITH HIS OWN QUOTES FROM FUKUSHIMA AS IT UNRAVELED REAL TIME http://tinyurl.com/q7mmfcw
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BONUS LINKS include:
New York State Aiding Nuclear Plants With Millions in Subsidies 
http://tinyurl.com/h3cod68
Utility customers in New York State will pay nearly $500 million a year in subsidies aimed at keeping some upstate nuclear power plants operating, regulators in Albany(...)
Exelon has said it may have to close its R. E. Ginna and Nine Mile Point http://tinyurl.com/zoak2y8 nuclear plants unless it receives financial help from the state. Another company, Entergy, had said that it would close the James A. FitzPatrick plant, which neighbors Nine Mile Point on the shore of Lake Ontario in Oswego County, by early next year (...)
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has pressed federal regulators to shut down Indian Point, arguing that it is unsafe to operate nuclear reactors in a densely populated area so close to New York City. But Entergy, which operates Indian Point, has opposed those efforts (...)
“They’re dangerous, they’re aging, they’re unprofitable and they should close,” Ms. Azulay said of the nuclear plants. (...)
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INDIAN POINT (film) Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/hhrpxq3
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Jaczko: Hansen Doesn't Know Jack About Nuclear Power https://youtu.be/RkWBZbhdXis
"Jim Hansen is a very knowledgeable person on a lot of subjects. He is not knowledgeable on nuclear power. And it is unfortunate because he's a person of tremendous stature, but he is very poorly informed on this subject. And he does not appear to be interested in becoming better informed. I think that's unfortunate."
~ Gregory B. Jaczko Chair, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2009 - 2012)
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Karl Grossman – New York’s Woeful $7.6 Billion Nuclear Bailout Package http://tinyurl.com/jpnq679
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“Very Serious”: Wildfires burn close to HANFORD nuclear reservation a US nuclear site — ‘Red Flag Warning’ issued — FEMA: “Fire threatened such destruction as would constitute a major disaster” — Largest wildfire in country (VIDEO) http://tinyurl.com/h98troy
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Hundreds of Pilgrim's panels at risk http://tinyurl.com/hvdunej
 Nearly 600 panels used to prevent a nuclear reaction from occurring in the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's spent fuel pool might be susceptible to the same kind of deterioration found recently in one panel during routine testing.
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NRC Inspection Team Headed to Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Plant http://tinyurl.com/hl59fgw
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is sending an augmented inspection team (AIT) to the Westinghouse nuclear fuel fabrication plant in South Carolina to look into an accumulation of an excessive amount of uranium-bearing material.
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Salem Nuclear Power Plant http://tinyurl.com/gmcdsf9
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Quad Cities Illinois Nuclear Power Plant http://tinyurl.com/zmck9ke
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Hiroshima officials angry atomic-bomb park is popular Pokémon Go site http://tinyurl.com/j5cflqh
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IVY MEEROPOL -DIRECTOR/PRODUCER http://tinyurl.com/jcwoo5v
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Gregory Jaczko - Former Chair, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2009 - 2012) http://tinyurl.com/bnz3vfh
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podcast can be downloaded here: Nuclear Hotseat #267: INDIAN POINT Film – Former NRC Chair Gregory Jaczko, Director Ivy Meeropol (August 2, 2016) http://tinyurl.com/gl8rkad