Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'nuclearpower'
May 23, 2008
Fleet Week is upon us, but it's smaller (that's what she said!) than past year's events because nuclear-powered craft is not allowed in the harbor. Therefore, many of the Navy's newer aircraft carriers aren't here. Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg said, "I would love to have big ships and I personally don't see any risk," and suggested the 1990 policy of barring nuclear-powered of nuclear-armed ships should be reconsidered, "I think the understanding of nuclear technology and......
Continue Reading "Bloomberg Okay with Nuclear Ships in NYC"December 4, 2007
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that NY State filed papers with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission explaining why the license for the Indian Point nuclear power plant should not be renewed. In fact, Cuomo called the plant a "catastrophe waiting to happen" and said, "I believe Indian Point should be closed and it should be closed now." Here are some of the reasons Cuomo and Governor Spitzer gave (more here - the petition submitted to the......
Continue Reading "Cuomo Calls Indian Point a "Catastrophe" in Waiting"
