Hillary's Nuke Safety Scheme Would Evacuate 20 Million
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Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com
Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001Not content with adding thousands of airport workers to the federal payroll – and union membership – Sen. Hillary Clinton now wants even more new federal hirings to keep an eye on the nation's nuclear plants, now protected by the plant owners' security forces.
According to New York Times reporter Robert Worth, Clinton, D-N.Y., told reporters at the Indian Point nuclear facility that she would introduce legislation to make the feds responsible for nuclear plant security.
But that's not all. Clinton is also pushing for an expansion of the evacuation zone from the present 10 miles to 50 miles, putting New York City, 30 miles away, and its 8 million residents within the zone. This would require the evacuation of all 20 million people in that zone in the event of an emergency at Indian Point.
The senator did not explain how the nightmarish evacuation of the city's 8 million people plus the other 12 million people living within the 50-mile perimeter could be accomplished without creating unmanageable chaos.
She told reporters that the bill she'll co-sponsor with Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., would:
Put the feds in charge of plant security at the nation's 103 nuclear power plants.
Toughen the simulated terrorist attack exercises the feds already conduct from time to time on nuclear plants to check on their safety precautions. Stockpile potassium iodide, which helps to prevent cancer and other diseases among people exposed to radiation. The Times noted that Clinton failed to address any details of how the evacuation would be conducted other than to say "the direction and force of the wind" would be the major determinant of where an evacuation would be needed.
According to the Times, the evacuation plan has become a sore point for many people in Westchester County who believe that it would not work in a serious accident.
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