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Jacob Nelson

"The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires communities located within 10 miles of nuclear power plants to develop emergency plans. In New York, the four counties within 10 miles of Indian Point—Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange—have taken such measures. But the Disaster Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization that monitors disaster response programs and the author of the report, cited the commission’s response to the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in which it recommended that U.S. citizens within 50 miles evacuate."

"NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said the Fukushima site isn’t comparable to any in the U.S. 'Quite frankly, we don’t have any nuclear plant complexes where you have so many reactors packed so closely together.'"

"Those communities are exempt from the NRC’s emergency planning zones, so most haven’t developed such plans or conducted studies. According to several of them, they couldn’t without help from the federal government."

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Jacob Nelson

I did further research into what the Disaster Accountability Project is and what they are trying to accomplish. I also looked into the NRC and how they are focused on safety of nuclear power in the US, and what some of their differences are with the DAP. Finally, I looked up the Indian Point Energy Center, in order to find out the size and scope of the plant and some of the concerns people have about nuclear power in their area

Chicken Wire

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

WSD_SoundFile1

This sound file will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop.

Floppy Disks

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.
Floppy Disks

Seeds

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.
Seeds

Sea glass

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.
Sea Glass