[ RadSafe ] Irony at Its Best

[bobcherry at satx.rr.com]

This articel is in today's New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nyregion/04nuke.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Here is the lead passage in the article:  
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said on Monday that the state had asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to deny an application to extend the license of the Indian Point nuclear reactors, citing “a long and troubling history of problems.” 
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Here is a later passage: 
Mr. Cuomo said at the news conference that claims of power shortages should the plant be shut were “scare tactics” ...
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Oh! The irony!