“Nuke site needs go beyond sirens” a Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial
“After nearly two years, the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan has all but satisfied federal regulators that the facility’s updated siren system can perform as a primary warning system. It’s about time. But there are larger issues about the plant’s operation that must be addressed. The siren system will give four counties –...
“Can Nuclear Power Compete?” by Matthew L. Wald
“Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense On an August afternoon in Washington, D.C., typically miserable for its heat, humidity and stillness, reporters gathered at a downtown hotel not known for its air-conditioning. Stuffed inside a windowless conference room that...
“Indian Point empties leaky fuel pool” by Abby Luby
“The fifth and final canister of spent fuel from Unit I was filled with radioactive spent fuel last week. All five canisters will be stored at the plant. Workers at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant completed a two year project last week, as they finished draining radioactive spent fuel from the plant’s Unit 1...
“Nuke agency should expand relicensing rules” a Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial
“Westchester County executives have gone a step further in pushing for reform in nuclear power plant relicensing. That’s a wise and necessary move considering there is an aging facility in the densely populated backyard of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in Buchanan. As Westchester authorities argued in court recently, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must...
“Indian Pt. neighbors may hear ‘gunshots’ during drill” by Greg Clary
“BUCHANAN – Residents around Indian Point who hear gunshots or other disturbances coming from the nuclear plant this week should not worry – they’re only simulated attacks to improve overall security. The force-on-force exercises, as they’re called, will be conducted today through Thursday in unrehearsed scenarios designed to test officers’ ability to respond. “It’s likely...
“County to fight NRC in federal court” by Abby Luby
“Westchester County is taking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to federal court, saying its relicensing guidelines for nuclear power plants are inadequate. For the last three years County Executive Andrew Spano has argued that the NRC criteria for relicensing the 40-year-old Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant fails to protect the public. The county will make that...
“Report says Indian Point, New York area at risk” by Abby Luby
“New research reveals that not one, but two seismic faults run beneath the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants in Buchanan. The recent report by Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory says that a previously unknown seismic zone runs from Stamford, Connecticut to Peekskill, passing less than a mile north of the Indian Point nuclear power plants....
“Feds delay decision on license renewal” by Greg Clary
“Federal regulators will delay a decision on renewing Indian Point’s operating license an additional four months – until late summer 2010 – to give them more time to evaluate safety and environmental issues at the nuclear plant. “We have said from the beginning that we are committed to a thorough and rigorous review of the...
“DEC says Indian Point affecting aquatic life” by Abby Luby
“State wants new cooling system In a long-awaited landmark decision, New York State has formally ruled that the water cooling system at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants adversely affects aquatic life in the Hudson River and that the system has to be replaced. For the last 30 years local environmental groups have been appealing...
“Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought, Says Study”
“Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Seen As Particular Risk A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants,...
“Entergy says sirens are ready, set to go” by Abby Luby
“Indian Point awaits FEMA’s approval to implement warning system The new siren system that can alert 300,000 residents to an emergency at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants is ready to go, said plant owner Entergy Nuclear at a meeting Friday. The only delay is being cause by a complete review of the system by...
“Contaminated water found near Indian Point” by Abby Luby
“Trace amounts of Strontium-90, a cancer-causing radioactive isotope, have been found in a well on property next door to the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants. Entergy Nuclear, the plant’s owner, has been testing the groundwater for the past three years since finding water laced with radioactive nuclides leaking from the plant’s spent fuel pools. Strontium-90...
