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CLOCKWISE: The president of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Marvin Fertel, said: Hurricane Sandy once again demonstrates the robust construction of nuclear energy facilities, which are built to withstand extreme flooding and hurricane-force winds that are beyond that historically reported for each area. .. COUNTER-CLOCKWISE : .. On the other hand, Arnie Gunderson, a former nuclear-industry executive turned critic, contended on the radio show Democracy Now that the tidal surge at Oyster Creek came within six inches of flooding the plants cooling pumps, which were needed to keep fuel rods from overheating. Global warming, Gunderson contended, poses a growing threat to the safety of nuclear plants. The Oyster Creek event was like a one-in-a-thousand-year kind of a flood, and it happened" ...
Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Declares Emergency in Face of Superstorm Sandy Tidal Surge < http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/30/oyster_creek_nuclear_plant_declares_eme rgency>
