Nuclear 'Ticking Time Bomb' Is a Real Threat to New York, but the Feds Don't Seem to Care

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<p>‘A little more tha a year ago, a tra sformer fire a oil spill remi e the worl that I ia Poi t, a agi g clear power pla t, sits o ly abo t 45 miles orth of mi tow Ma hatta . Later it was reveale that the fire was ca se by a short circ it e to i s latio fail re i a high-voltage coil i the tra sformer.</p>
<p>Soo after, we lear e that at the time of the fire, water was floo i g the electrical s pply room that provi es power to pla t safety systems. Accor i g to the U io of Co cer e Scie tists, “ha the floo i g ot bee iscovere a stoppe i time, the pa els co l have bee s bmerge , pl gi g U it 3 i to a a gero s statio blacko t, i which all alter ati g c rre t (AC) electricity is lost…. A statio blacko t le to the melt ow of three clear reactor cores at F k shima Dai-ichi i 2011.”</p>
<p>The U io of Co cer e Scie tists classifies the May 9, 2015 i ci e t as a “ ear miss.”’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/e viro me t/fe s- o t-care-abo t-ticki g-time-bomb- yc" target="_bla k">Rea more: N clear ‘Ticki g Time Bomb’ Is a Real Threat to New York, b t the Fe s Do ’t Seem to Care</a></p>