A near dangerous power plant failure at the Indian Point nuclear power plant caused an explosion and fire at the facility Saturday evening near Buchanan, New York.The fire broke out on the non-nuclear side of the plant, 200 yards away from the reactor building. No one was injured in the fire. There was "no threat to public safety at any time," the facility said in a tweet. "All Indian Point emergency systems worked as designed."New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was at the plant and was informed about the details and circumstances for the accident. He called the incident "relatively minor" but said, "these situations we take very seriously. This is a nuclear-powered plant; it's nothing to be trifled with."
The uncalled for and potentially dangerous failure withing a power plant puts thousands at danger because of meltdown and radiation. The company seems to brush off the event causally but does not clarify what will be done in the future to prevent this from happening again. The Indian Point company could face some serious charges from workers and the state of New York for having a faulty mess up and endangering so many people. Im glad that everyone is alright and something will be done now to help protect against this.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/09/us/new-york-nuclear-plant-fire/index.html
Nuclear power has the potential to be very harmful to people. In the Indian Point incident released harmful radiation that could threaten living things. It is important to monitor nuclear plants to prevent explosions or radiation releases.
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