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Monthly archive November, 2018
Holtec seeks approval to buy, scrap nuclear power plant

Holtec seeks approval to buy, scrap nuclear power plant

CAMDEN – Holtec International is looking to buy up nuclear plants in order to take them down. But environmentalists and elected officials have expressed concerns over the company’s plans to decommission nuclear plants across the country and to store thousands of tons of radioactive waste at a proposed facility in New Mexico. The Camden firm said...
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Holtec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Plant by End of 2019

Holtec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Plant by End of 2019

PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts – Entergy Corp. and Holtec International, through their affiliates, asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today to approve the sale of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to Holtec after shutdown. Holtec plans to complete decommissioning and site restoration decades sooner than if Entergy completed decommissioning. The companies jointly filed a License Transfer...
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An Act of Civil Disobedience

An Act of Civil Disobedience

On October 10, 2016, several of us climbed over the fence surrounding the Spectra pipeline construction adjacent to the Indian Point nuclear power facility on the banks of the Hudson River in Cortlandt Manor, New icYork. The purpose of our civil disobedience was to delay the placement of 42-inch diameter pipes under the Hudson River...
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Inspection Report IP2&3 2018

criticality steam coming through the wall of 8″ pipe containment integrity compromised These are words you never want to hear in regard to Indian Point.  The NRC regards all three as green findings… More reasons than ever for watch dogging the reactor and pushing for a COB. I have attached the report. IP2&3 2018-003final
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Cuomo signs bill giving state aid to Hendrick Hudson after decade-old error

Cuomo signs bill giving state aid to Hendrick Hudson after decade-old error

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill this month that will reimburse the Hendrick Hudson school district for state aid denied more than a decade ago because of a clerical error. Hendrick Hudson will be reimbursed more than $520,000 by the state, and an additional $880,000 in penalties will be forgiven. Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter said previous administrators...
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