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Monthly archive September, 2005

“Kelly: NRC Must Improve Handling of Safety Issue at Indian Point”

“ NRC Evaluating Whether or Not Leak Is Increasing  WASHINGTON – After reprimanding Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials last week for their inexcusable delay in informing local officials and the public about a radioactive leak from one of the spent fuel pools at Indian Point 2, U.S. Congresswoman Sue Kelly today said the NRC must further...

“Spano asks for meeting with NRC about latest Indian Point leaks”

“Saying he remained alarmed about the revelation last week of a leak of radioactive water at Indian Point, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano has written to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ask for an immediate meeting. “The leak, although characterized by both Entergy and the NRC as insignificant, is anything but that,” Spano said in...

“New Leak Gives Lift to Indian Point Critics” by Lisa W. Foderaro

“BUCHANAN, N.Y., Sept. 23 – Last week, there was a disappointing test of the emergency sirens at the Indian Point nuclear power plant here. This week, there was a leak from one of the pools containing the spent-fuel rods. The storm of protest over the handling of the leak, with several elected officials expressing anger...

“A Troubling Leak”

“The seepage has been slow, showing up only in trace amounts. But given enough time, we hope, measurable quantities of common sense may find their way through hairline cracks in the reinforced skulls of officials at Entergy Nuclear Northeast and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and they will realize that local leaders and a jittery public...

“Doubts about evacuating region abound” by Greg Clary

“THE JOURNAL NEWS Rita Joachim didn’t have much faith in the emergency evacuation plans for the lower Hudson Valley before monster hurricanes hit Louisiana and Texas, and after hearing firsthand accounts from former residents of the area who fled Houston last week, she’s even more suspicious. “It is positively preposterous to think that there is...

“State demands probe of Indian Point leak” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN — State officials are calling for “a full and open investigation”into the small leak of radioactive water at Indian Point 2 that was made public Tuesday, three weeks after it was first discovered. In a letter to Sam Collins, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regional administrator, the director of New York’s State Emergency Management Office...

“New York State Chides NRC For Late Notification Of Indian Point Leak”

“WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — New York state is demanding “a full and open investigation” into the discovery of radioactive water outside the spent-fuel pool at the Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant. James Tuffey, director of the state Emergency Management Office, complained in a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about not being notified of...

“U.S. to Inspect Small Leak From Fuel Pool at Indian Point” by Lisa W. Foderaro

“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it was inspecting a small radioactive leak from a spent-fuel pool at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in northern Westchester County. The federal agency said the leak, which was discovered earlier this month during excavation work, was minimal and “does not pose any immediate health or safety...

“Indian Point leaks small amount of tainted water” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN — Indian Point 2 workers found a small leak of radioactive water in late August that company officials and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission felt wasn’t significant enough to be made public, a move that angered county officials yesterday. The leak, which company officials announced yesterday, is between a half pint and a pint per...

“Riverkeeper calls on Governor Pataki and Senators Clinton and Schumer to Investigate Latest Safety Problem at Indian Point”

“Tarrytown, NY – Today, in light of yesterday’s announcement that radioactive coolant has been leaking from Indian Point 2’s spent fuel pool, Riverkeeper called on Governor Pataki and Senators Clinton and Schumer to demand an in-depth, independent assessment of Indian Point’s spent fuel storage system. The group also called for testing the ground water in...

“Indian Point leaks radioactive water” by Jim Fitzgerald

“A small amount of slightly radioactive water has leaked from the spent-fuel pool at the Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant in Westchester, officials said yesterday. Spokesmen for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and for plant owner Entergy Nuclear Northeast said the water was found several feet underground and posed no danger to the public or...

CLINTON CALLS FOR HEARINGS INTO LEAK AT INDIAN POINT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     Contact: Clinton Press Office September 21, 2005                                                         212-688-9559   CLINTON CALLS FOR HEARINGS INTO LEAK AT INDIAN POINT  Requests meeting with NRC Chairman to seek answers as to how the leak occurred and why local officials not notified   Washington , DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called on her Senate...