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Monthly archive January, 2010

“Gun goes off at Indian Point power plant”

“BUCHANAN – A security guard at the Indian Point nuclear power facility has been suspended after his gun went off while inside the plant. Officials say there was no damage to the plant in the Saturday mishap, and no one was injured. It appears the guard pulled the gun from its holster when it went...

“Local Residents Outraged About Release of Radioactive Steam over Hudson Valley”

“Two days after the fact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission learned that an estimated 600,000 gallons of boiling, radioactive water turned to steam and was released over the lower Hudson Valley in November, 2009,  as a result of a malfunction that caused Westchester County’s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to be shut down.  Mired in slow...

“Nuclear steam leak intentional: Response to Indian Point plant shutdown” by Abby Luby

“The recent shutdown at the Indian Point Nuclear power plant and release of contaminated steam into the atmosphere was intentional, the federal agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear power plants insisted Thursday. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan said the release valves “were intentionally opened (as per plant procedures) as part of the shutdown.” The steam...

“Lawmaker Sues Feds Over Nuke Plant Safety” by Tim Hull

“(CN) – A New York assemblyman claims the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is endangering the public by allowing the Indian Point nuclear plant to use substandard insulation around electric cables that would control the shutdown of the reactor in the event of a core meltdown. Richard L. Brodsky, assemblyman for the 92nd District, says the NRC had...

Nuclear Agency Under Fire Over NY Power Plant

“Law360, New York (January 04, 2010) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is under assault from a New York state assemblyman and the Sierra Club, which allege the federal agency has failed to uphold necessary fire protections at Entergy Corp.’s Indian Point nuclear power plant. Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky filed suit Wednesday in the U.S....