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...Indian Point Energy Center, located just a few dozen miles north of New York City, has been a source of intense scrutiny for years. The 2,000-megawatt nuclear facility, which serves New York City and the surrounding areas, earned abysmal safety ratings from federal regulators even before 9/11. Today, critics say that, although it has improved its safety standards, it's still vulnerable to terrorist attack, particularly one that might come in the form of a suicide bomber using a plane. Now concerns over the nuclear facility have embroiled two potential Presidential candidates from New York, former New York...
...debate over Indian Point was stirred up last November, when Entergy Nuclear Northeast, the company that runs Indian Point, announced that this spring it would be applying for a permit with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to run Indian Point for another 20 years. Giuliani, who was hired by Entergy as a security consultant in 2003, said at a press conference in late November that he felt the nuclear plant was secure...
...Indian Point is as safe as a facility can be, and a pretty good model, if not an excellent model, for not only other nuclear power plants but other industries that in many ways are just as sensitive [to security threats]," Giuliani said. The former mayor added that his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, led Entergy through 12 security drills and that Entergy had spent more than $24 million in security improvements in recent years...
...same day that Giulinai declared Indian Point to be safe, Senator Clinton expressed doubts. "Everything should be on the table during the relicensing process, and the public's concerns must be addressed," the Democratic Presidential hopeful said in a terse statement. Last month she reintroduced legislation calling for an independent safety assessment of the plant...
...Giuliani, Indian Point could be an early test of his credibility on the nuclear issue. Since he was a paid consultant who did public relations for the industry, says Alvarez, "it discredits him in my mind about this." Meanwhile, although Clinton has been issuing cautionary statements about Indian Point and nuclear security since 2003, activists are disappointed that she has not called for Indian Point's permanent closure, only for an independent review...