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Andrew Cuomo: “There was no nuclear plant on a globe that close to a city.”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 1:24:19

Mr. Cummer, you a name check on Indian Point? I think I was. Indian Point was a danger. It is the. It was the nuclear power plant most closely located to the densest population. There was no nuclear plant on a globe that close to a city. There were 20 million people in what was called the killer zone. Before I became attorney General, there had been a number of lawsuits to stop it. (1:24:19–1:24:24)

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Asserts that globally, no nuclear plant was as close to a city as Indian Point.

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