IP: Any Ipers help (cc me): Request for information

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Reply-To: "Max Kraus" <krausm () libertynet org>
> From: "Max Kraus" <krausm () libertynet org>
> To: "\"David Farber\" <"<farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> David, I friend of mine is Editorial Director of Cablevision in Westchester,
> Ch 12.  I frequently send him material from your IP list which he uses from
> time to time as background for his broadcasts. He has now written me the
> following request for information. I would greatly appreciate it if you
> would pass it along.
>
> Max Kraus
>
> "I don't know whether your antennae have picked this up, but there are cries
> here in New York for shutting down the nuclear plants at Indian Point until
> it is certain they can be protected from terrorist attacks.  Some of those
> wanting it shut down are predictable anti-nuclear activists of long
> standing.  They are joined, however, by former U.S. Housing Secretary Andrew
> Cuomo, now running for Governor of New York, Robert Kennedy, environmental
> lawyer, and a large number of area Congresspersons and local government
> leaders.  A separate petition to the NRC demands a full test of evacuation
> plans for the area and, if they are not successful, shutting down of the
> nuclear plants.
>
> So this is a highly charged political issue in an area which has considered
> Indian Point as a slumbering Vesuvius for decades.  I wonder whether the
> David Farber web outreach could provide me with some ways of assessing this
> situation as I contemplate edtorials for broadcast here.   What, for
> example, is the time frame for shutting down a plant?  When it's "shut
> down," could it none-the-less be a worthwhile terrorist target?  What about
> it's spent rods?
>
> New York City is said to get 20%-30% of its electrical energy from Indian
> Point.  Westchester gets almost all of it from the Point.  (Understood, that
> both are connected to a vast grid which could take up the slack, but it
> illustrates our considerable dependence on nuclear power.)  Is there a good
> economic analysis, or several, of the impact of a shut-down?
>
> I could go on with many more questions, but I suspect the Farber net can
> supply both answers and questions I haven't even considered.  I'd appreciate
> some direction, advice, and suggested resources.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> Please direct any replies to my e-mail address at home,
> <lionkeep () cloud9 net>"


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