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“A new report released by Environment New York contends that Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants are a threat to the drinking water of 11.3 million people in the New York metro area. Still, officials for the power plants said a radioactive substance that has been leaked into the ground poses no threat to drinking water and has “no public health consequence.”
“A 50-mile affected radius was calculated using the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Ingestion Pathway Emergency Planning Zone, where, “its primary concern is the ingestion of food and liquid that is contaminated by radioactivity.”
“The danger of nuclear power is too close to home,” said Eric Whalen, field organizer with Environment New York, an environmental advocacy organization. “Here in New York State, the drinking water for nearly 10 million people is too close to an active nuclear power plant. An accident like the one in Fukushima, Japan or a radioactive leak could spew cancer-causing radioactive waste into the drinking water of millions of New Yorkers.”
“According to the report, titled “Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water,” both groundwater and drinking sources could be in danger from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants. Officials from Entergy, which runs the nuclear power plants, said after a “hairline” crack was discovered in Unit 2’s spent fuel pool in 2005, new ground water monitoring machinery was put in place.”
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