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Yearly archive 2009

“Westchester exec, challenger split on Indian Point” by Greg Clary

“This time the Indian Point sirens didn’t blurt out “Emergency … Emergency.” The nuclear plant’s latest test went off without a hitch Thursday, with 100 percent of the 172 sirens in four counties sounding as they were designed to. That hasn’t always been the case. In the last five years, the emergency warning system has...

“Indian Point nukes threaten Connecticut” by Joseph J. Mangano

“Greenwich and Stamford lie nestled at the lower tip of Connecticut, on the New York State border. The prosperous suburban towns feature picturesque homes and lovely views of the Long Island Sound. But surprisingly, Greenwich and Stamford have a very high rate of childhood cancer. According to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, in the...

“Indian Point’s future critiqued Local listeners left in lurch by glitch” by Alexa James

“Hudson Valley watchdogs fumed on the phone lines Thursday, upset over technical glitches that compromised a critical meeting about the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The public hearing, held in Rockville, Md., was supposed to be open to local listeners via a live phone bridge, but the audio was poor through most of the session....

“INDIAN POINT – NUCLEAR POWER UNSAFE FOR REGION” by Joseph J. Mangano

“Government licenses for the two nuclear reactors at the Indian Point plant – 35 miles north of midtown Manhattan and 40 miles south of Kingston – are about to expire.  The reactors are owned by Entergy Nuclear of Jackson, Mississippi, which has asked federal regulators to keep Indian Point operating for 20 more years. Entergy...

“NRC seeks better leak detection at US nuke plants” by Wayne Parry

“ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Spurred by recurring leaks of radioactive water from the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant, federal regulators say they’re looking for better ways to detect leaks from buried pipes at all 104 American nuclear power plants. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has told its staff to consider whether programs to find...

“Indian Point’s contamination woes: Entergy wants 20-year extension to run nuclear plant” by Abby Luby

“The Indian Point nuclear power station in Buchanan, N.Y., 35 miles north of midtown New York City. The Indian Point nuclear power plant is sitting on enough contaminated soil, by federal estimates, to fill Yankee Stadium with radioactive sludge a foot deep. Years of radioactive leaks have saturated some 1.63 million cubic feet of soil...

“Regulators weigh more oversight of Indian Point after shutdown” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN – Federal regulators were still sorting out yesterday whether the latest emergency shutdown of Indian Point 3 would trigger tighter oversight of the nuclear reactor’s operations. The nuclear reactor went into automatic shutdown at 8:32 p.m. Monday, after a lightning strike at a Consolidated Edison switch yard across from the plant apparently caused a...

“Indian Point over safety hurdle for relicensing” by Mary Dempsey

“ WASHINGTON, D.C. — Indian Point is one step closer to being relicensed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released Wednesday, Aug. 12, its safety evaluation report on the nuclear power facility and concluded that there are no outstanding issues that would prevent Entergy’s request for a 20-year licensing renewal. The facility’s 40-year operating license for units...

“NRC issues Entergy NY Indian Point renewal report”

“NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday issued a final safety report for the proposed renewal of the operating licenses for Entergy Corp’s (ETR.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York, the federal agency said in a release. The NRC concluded there were...

“Judge rules Indian Point’s fish-killing cooling process must stop” by Abby Luby

“Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y., is said to be responsible for killing fish, eggs, larvae and plants. Officials at the Indian Point nuclear power plant – which has been called responsible for killing more than a billion fish each year – will have to figure out another way to cool its giant...

“Judge won’t bite on Indian Point fish fight” by Greg Clary

“A state court has told Indian Point officials their timing is wrong in trying to fight New York regulators about using Hudson River water to cool the plant’s nuclear reactors. “Petitioner’s claims are not ripe for review by the Court at this time,” acting state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Connolly wrote in a decision released...

NY State Supreme Court Affirms that Indian Point Adversely Impacts Fish
Riverkeeper and DEC victorious in effort to bring plant into compliance with CWA

June 26, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact:  Andrea Kott (914) 478-4501 x 239 akott@riverkeeper.org NY State Supreme Court Affirms that Indian Point Adversely Impacts Fish
Riverkeeper and DEC victorious in effort to bring plant into compliance with CWA (TarrytownRiverkeeper and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and dismissed Entergy’s petition to overturn a decision by the...