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Monthly archive August, 2009

“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...