Nuclear Power is NOT the Wave of the Future    Betcee May
emerging from the Ruins of Indian Point, Illustration by Justin
Theodoro Teodoro  There’s a new movement to shut down Indian
Point Nuclear Power Plant in Westchester County, New York.
Having grown up about 10 miles from this reactor, I am first in
line when talk turns serious of getting rid of it. Rock the
Reactors is planning a “shut down the plant” concert in
November, and Democratic candidate for governor Eliot Spitzer is
running on a platform of shutting the aging beast, (which is
located only 24 miles from NYC) off.  There are a host of
organizations, like Riverkeeper, who can fill you in on the whys
and the hows of the issue. Their site explains how the plant
(which was recently cited for leaking waste into the Hudson
River), is not economical, not safe, not secure from terrorists,
and certainly not environmentally friendly (though there are
plenty of folks, from the Bush administration to some enviros,
who think that nuclear power is the only wa