Group Urges Expanded Planning for Indian Point Disaster

Most nearby communities lack emergency plans, says report

Group Urges Expanded Planning for Indian Point Disaster, Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2015. "Most communities located within 50 miles of the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y., don't have emergency plans to respond to a nuclear accident, according to a report to be released Wednesday. The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires communities located within 10 miles of nuclear power plants to develop emergency plans. In New York, the four counties within 10 miles of Indian Point—Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange—have taken such measures. But the Disaster Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization that monitors disaster-response programs and the author of the report, cited the commission's response to the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in which it recommended that U.S. citizens within 50 miles evacuate."http://www.wsj.com/articles/group-urges-expanded-planning-for-indian-point-disaster-1429057990