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Letter to the Editor: Senator Joe Manchin on nuclear power

Dear Editor, Imagine a world with no stoplights, safety belts, speed limit enforcement, and no requirements for the auto industry.  The death toll would be astronomical.  That is the effect of what Senator Joe Manchin and some other Senators who are nuclear advocates want for the nuclear industry. We have been down this road before. ...

Peace Walk to Indian Point, March 10, 1:00 PM. Meet at Peekskill Train station. Save the date and tell your friends!

Jun San will once again be making her annual Peace Walk to Indian Point in commemoration of the Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami which triggered the nuclear tragedy at Fukushima on March 11, 2011. She  will meet people at the Peekskill Train station at 1:00 PM and then walk to Indian Point. Those who do not...
Misuse of money from Decommissioning Trust Fund

Misuse of money from Decommissioning Trust Fund

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday cited Holtec International for dipping into ratepayer funds meant for the teardown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant for $63,000 to sponsor baseball and softball teams, a golf outing and a high school fashion show. The NRC said the payments “do not constitute legitimate decommissioning activities” and gave Holtec 30...

Clearwater announces award recipients

BEACON- Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, America’s Environmental Flagship organization, will honor Dr. Stuart Findlay, Manna Jo Greene, and Xiell Owens at its annual Spirit of the Hudson Gala on April 7, 2024, at the Garrison, in Garrison, NY.  The Gala will celebrate 55 years of inspiring lifelong stewards of the Hudson River and its tributaries...
Holtec's Legal Problems

Holtec’s Legal Problems

Controversial Camden-based nuclear parts maker to pay $5M fine Holtec International, the Camden firm behind controversial nuclear power projects in New Jersey and four other states, has agreed to pay a $5 million penalty to avoid criminal prosecution connected to a state tax break scheme. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Tuesday that  Holtec...

Senator Joe Manchin on Nuclear Power

Biden supports nuclear power and the nuclear industry has been very effective in lobbying Senators and contributing to their campaigns. All of which, coupled with the vast amount of government money available through the Inflation Reduction Act, has set the stage for some Senators to push for relaxing nuclear safety regulations.  Relaxing safety standards is...

More SMRS in the pipeline

25 SMR license applications expected by 2029, plus six other takeaways from FERC, NRC joint meeting “Even though a lot of politicians in California wanted to close [Diablo Canyon], they faced the reality that they could not close it and keep their lights on,” FERC’s Christie said. Vogtle nuclear Unit 4 with Unit 3 in...

Tritium at Nuclear Power Plants

Tritium is a naturally occurring radioactive isotope that is found in the upper reaches of theatmosphere and rarely occurs naturally on the surface of the Earth. It is produced as abyproduct of the normal operations of nuclear reactors and is found in the fuel pools of reactorswhere the highly radioactive rods are stored at many...

Physicians say Pilgrim Nuclear decommissioning should wait for health studies

The Pilgrim nuclear power plant has always been ahead of Indian Point in decommissioning.  Their call for a health study before going forward sounds like a good idea.  Perhaps it is something we need to think about for Indian Point. Marilyn Elie https://www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2023-12-19/physicians-say-pilgrim-nuclear-decommissioning-should-wait-for-health-studies Physicians say Pilgrim Nuclear decommissioning should wait for health studies The Pilgrim Nuclear...

Mayor of Buchanan complains about not discharging tritiated water to River

“We were talking about rezoning those 60 acres, which was potentially the easiest parcel to release,” Knickerbocker said. “And now, there’s a lot of uncertainty.” The bill signed into law in August restricts the discharging of wastewater in connection with decommissioning nuclear power plants. Pat O’Brien, director of communications and government affairs for Holtec, said...

Stop the Maple Gas Pipeline. Applies to other pipelines also.

This 13 minute, powerful video provides a glimpse of determined people who are united in stoping the Maple pipeline. What is said here applies to all gas pipelines.  Fossil fuels must remain in the ground! Please share with interested others, especially elected officials. Marilyn Elie Indian Point Safe Energy Project www.ipsecinfo.org  Gov Hochul:  STOP the Maple Project...
The End of DOE's Flagship SMR — A Cautionary Tale," Energy Intel., Stephanie Cooke. NuScale’s demise.

The End of DOE’s Flagship SMR — A Cautionary Tale,” Energy Intel., Stephanie Cooke. NuScale’s demise.

https://www.energyintel.com/0000018b-cf50-dbb5-a5ef-df7378750000?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e40700-e62b-411b-a982-9e9c506b2f84 The End of DE’s Flagship SMR — A Cautionary Tale The collapse of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) flagship small modular reactor (SMR) project should serve as a cautionary tale to SMR developers everywhere. When the agency first announced funding for NuScale Power’s SMR project in 2013, then Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said...