Nuclear security

Disaster Waiting to Happen at Indian Point

In 1976, Robert Pollard, a rarity among U.S. government nuclear officials--honest and safety-committed--said of the Indian Point nuclear power station that it was "an accident waiting to happen."

Pollard had been project manager at Indian Point for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from which he resigned at that time charging the NRC "suppresses the existence of unresolved safety questions and fails to resolve these problems." He joined the Union of Concerned Scientists.