Fukashima and Chernobyl are events that will instill fear into people’s thoughts of nuclear facilities. People have begun to notice how many facilities are freckled over the untied states. They see these facilities as danger rather then the source of light and electricity. People fear that a meltdown is imminent and that it is only a mater of time.
The Indian Point fission reactor is located in New York, less then 35 miles from the heart of Manhattan. There are 50 million people within the fall out and evacuation zone, and each of them are feeling a lil hesitant. If there had to be a mass evacuation of new york city, cause and panic would erupt. There has been an uprising of protesters to shut down the Indian Point facility. It has been operating for last 40 years, which is not assuring people. They believe that 40 years is too old for a facility. They believe that they may not be up to date with safety measures. Most of all they are afraid of human error.