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Japanese Crisis Raises Concerns Over Nuclear Plant Near NYC
Japan’s unfolding nuclear disaster has raised the issue of nuclear power plant safety for many other countries, particularly those with nuclear plants in heavily populated and earthquake-prone areas. In the United States, concern centers on California, where two nuclear plants are sited near the ocean, in active earthquake zones. On March 16, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for a safety review of the Indian Point Energy Center, 61 kilometers north of New York City on the Hudson River, where two reactors, Indian Point 2 and 3, have operated since the mid-1970s. VOA's Carolyn Weaver has more.
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Date Found: March 19, 2011
Date Produced: March 18, 2011
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