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State drops National Guard patrols at Indian Point nuclear power plant – RecordOnline.com – The Times Herald Record

State drops National Guard patrols at Indian Point nuclear power plant

recordonline.com By Alexa James

Times Herald-Record

November 01, 2008

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BUCHANAN — The governor’s office is eliminating National Guard and Naval Militia patrols at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan……………..

The power plant’s critics disagree, citing previous problems with in-house security falling asleep or testing positive for illegal substances.

“The private security forces have shown to be overworked and often undergunned and undermanned,” said Phillip Musegaas, Hudson River Program Director for Riverkeeper, an environmental watchdog group that’s fighting to close the plant.

“It’s a great concern to us that (the governor) would pull the National Guard and the Naval Militia,” Musegaas said.

State drops National Guard patrols at Indian Point nuclear power plant – RecordOnline.com – The Times Herald Record

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