The Chilling Effect on Employs at Entergy...NRC's Part In It.

Years after Chernobyl, entire cities lay vacant, contaminated and dead.

I've just read a chilling, and very disturbing story over on Green Nuclear Butterfly that all those in the ANTI-NUKE movement should read. Despite their 54 page report to Entergy, seems they themselves are CONTRIBUTING to the Chill among employees, and worse, handing down decisions in Alternative Despute Resolutions aimed at silencing the VOICES OF TRUTH just in time for Entergy's attempt to relicense.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Foster V Zeh, Whistle Blower Hammered By The NRC-CHILLING EFFECT AMONG EMPLOYEES at Nuclear Reactor Facilities

Foster V. Zeh should be a hero within the Green Community, groups like Riverkeeper, IPSEC and Greenpeace should have used whatever it took to protect him for coming forward, but that did not happen, he quickly faded out of the limelight, only to have the NRC use him as a symbol to others within the nuclear industry thinking of coming forward to shine light and attention on Indian Point, Entergy....

Check Out "Rock The Reactors"

Though not officially a part of our group, was doing some searching around and came across this very interesting site called, "Rock The Reactors". We highly recommend you give them a look, as they have some seriously wonderful links there that are well worth the browsing time. They also seem to have been a driving force in Betcee...a wonderful creature who posed for pictures in front of the Indian Point Reactors, and who would like to see them closed. Sharing a provocative drawing of her with the reactors borrowed from the site in this piece. Let's just call it, "Indian Point Truths Laid Bare." If the folks at Rock The Reactors stumble across this blog, we would love to add you to our official list of sites, bloggers and grassroots organizations that support closing Indian Point, which has perhaps the most dismal safety record of any currently operating nuclear plant, and perhaps on part with both Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.

EXTRA, EXTRA...Read All About CLIMATE OF FEAR At Indian Point

Not even a mask saved the children of Chernobyl

Thought it appropriate to list some of the newspaper articles that led us to create this Whistle Blowers Blog for the employees of Indian Point, and those of us living as Stake Holders inside the ten mile Triangle of Death as the three reactors of the Indian Point facility have been dubbed. Entergy is spending MILLIONS with one of the biggest public relations firms in the world to sell the NRC and citizens on their wrong relicensing plan. They have wrongfully employed their employees in this campaign, forcing them to write letters to the editor, attend NRC hearings, and make appearences IN FORCE at all events aimed at protesting the failing reactors...they are given perks for participation, and risk punishment and loss of their jobs if they don't...this is just one part of the Gestapo like environment of fear that has gripped the site, and its employees.

Climate of fear at Indian PointNew York Daily News, NY - Dec 22, 2006AP. Some workers at the Indian Point nuclear power plant are reluctant to raise safety concerns because they fear retribution, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

Feds: Indian Point must help workers feel comfortable reporting ...The Journal News.com, NY - Dec 22, 2006BUCHANAN - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is giving Indian Point 30 days to come up with a plan to make workers at the nuclear plants feel more comfortable ...

New safety initiatives announced for Indian PointMid-Hudson News, NY - Dec 22, 2006Buchanan – Entergy Thursday announced the start of several initiatives at Indian Point in response to a concern expressed in a worker safety-culture survey ...

Indian Point may stifle worker concernsEarthtimes.org - Dec 22, 200622 Federal regulators say the operator of New York's Indian Point nuclear plant have 30 days to develop a plan for workers scared to raise security concerns. ...

Indian Point nuke plant to address worker complaintsThe Journal News.com, NY - Dec 22, 2006Some workers at Indian Point have complained to federal regulators that the nuclear plant operator stifles employees from bringing up safety issues, and the ...

Rockland politicians push Congress on Indian Point legislationThe Journal News.com, NY - Dec 21, 2006Prompted by recent system breakdowns at Indian Point, Rockland County legislators have requested that federal leaders get moving on two stalled bills that ...

Elsewhere on the Nuclear Front -- Indian PointManufacturers' Blog, DC - Dec 14, 2006... on a Dec. 13th front-page article about the fate of the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, NY, with one observation. It's an ...

Rockland Legislature may seek independent safety review of Indian ...Mid-Hudson News, NY - Dec 16, 2006... the US Senate and House pass a bill requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point nuclear power ...

INDIAN POINT SAFETY 'CHILL'New York Post, NY - Dec 22, 2006AP. December 22, 2006 -- Some workers at the Indian Point nuclear plant are reluctant to raise safety concerns because they fear retribution, the feds said ...

Time to get after Indian Point staffers who muzzle workersThe Journal News.com, NY - Dec 26, 2006Usually when we hear from rank-and-file Indian Point employees, it is to remind us that the nuclear power plans are "safe, secure and vital," with some ...