Quake (2014)
“covered one ear against the blare of sirens meant to warn people up to ten miles away while holding a two-way radio up to his other.
“Say again, Control. Open which gate?” Jasper shook his head while he waited for a reply.
Oh, boy. It finally happened. He glanced up at a long section of the perimeter chain-link, razor-topped fence that had been twisted to the dirt during the quake.
And today of all days.
Less than four hours ago, the power facility’s management had welcomed an inspection team f...rom the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Committee. Constructed in the mid-1970s to service New York City and surrounding communities, Indian Point’s reactors had reached the end of their original operating licenses. Opposition to the plant’s continued operation ran high, including from the governor of New York himself. Safety violations in the previous decades were numerous, after all, and in fact the installation was once bestowed the dubious distinction of “America’s Worst Nuclear Power Plant”MoreLess
“Say again, Control. Open which gate?” Jasper shook his head while he waited for a reply.
Oh, boy. It finally happened. He glanced up at a long section of the perimeter chain-link, razor-topped fence that had been twisted to the dirt during the quake.
And today of all days.
Less than four hours ago, the power facility’s management had welcomed an inspection team f...rom the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Committee. Constructed in the mid-1970s to service New York City and surrounding communities, Indian Point’s reactors had reached the end of their original operating licenses. Opposition to the plant’s continued operation ran high, including from the governor of New York himself. Safety violations in the previous decades were numerous, after all, and in fact the installation was once bestowed the dubious distinction of “America’s Worst Nuclear Power Plant”MoreLess
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