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Indian Point evacuation questioned by critics

The Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool at Indian

Photo credit: Faye Murman | The Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in Buchanan. (May 9, 2012)

The Indian Point nuclear power plant is under a spotlight as it seeks a 20-year license extension for its two reactors in Buchanan: Critics point not only at seismic faults, densely packed fuel rods and leaks of radioactive water, but the viability of evacuating up to 400,000 people -- a population the size of Miami's -- from the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone in 10 hours, as called for in the...

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