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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lowers Indian Point Safety Rating

For Immediate Release November 9, 2005 Contact:    Mark Jacobs 914-382-1804                    Marilyn Elie 914-739-6164 Radioactive Leaks from Irradiated Fuel Pools Raise New Worries According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) website, Indian Point 2’s safety rating has been down rated from green to white status for the second quarter. Again, the NRC has been reticent in...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lowers Indian Point Safety Rating

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lowers Indian Point Safety Rating For Immediate Release November 9, 2005 Contact:    Mark Jacobs 914-382-1804                    Marilyn Elie 914-739-6164 Radioactive Leaks from Irradiated Fuel Pools Raise New Worries According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) website, Indian Point 2’s safety rating has been down rated from green to white status for the second...

CLINTON CALLS FOR HEARINGS INTO LEAK AT INDIAN POINT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     Contact: Clinton Press Office September 21, 2005                                                         212-688-9559   CLINTON CALLS FOR HEARINGS INTO LEAK AT INDIAN POINT  Requests meeting with NRC Chairman to seek answers as to how the leak occurred and why local officials not notified   Washington , DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called on her Senate...

Entergy on the Leaks

Date: September 20, 2005 For Release: Immediate Contact: Jim Steets (914) 272-3545 – office (914) 671-0457 – cell jsteets@entergy.com Buchanan, New York–After soil and bedrock were removed from the floor of the Indian Point 2 fuel storage building as part of a reinforcement project currently underway in advance of the Indian Point Energy Center dry...

“Statement by County Executive Andy Spano re: leakage at Indian Point 2”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                          SEPT. 20, 2005   Statement by County Executive Andy Spano re: leakage at Indian Point 2:  “It’s absolutely unbelievable that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy would keep us in the dark about a radioactive leak in the spent fuel pools at Indian Point. I was notified today by Entergy of a leak...

“LOWEY STATEMENT ON SPENT FUEL POOL LEAK AT INDIAN POINT”

Nita M. Lowey Serving Westchester and Rockland Counties FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         CONTACT: Julie Edwards September 20, 2005                              202-225-6506  LOWEY STATEMENT ON SPENT FUEL POOL LEAK AT INDIAN POINT   WASHINGTON , DC – Today, Indian Point operator Entergy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced the discovery of a leak in one of the...

“ENGEL SLAMS INDIAN POINT AND NRC OVER LEAKAGES”

News from Congressman Eliot Engel Representing the Bronx, Westchester, and Rockland Counties For immediate release: Tuesday, September 20, 2005  Contact: Joseph O’Brien 718 796-9700; 917 880-0392 (cell) joseph.o’brien@mail.house.gov  ENGEL SLAMS INDIAN POINT AND NRC OVER LEAKAGES              Congressman Eliot Engel today (9/20) slammed Entergy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over leaks reported in the spent...

“PROTECTING RESIDENTS DEEMED NOT URGENT BY FEDERAL AGENCY”

RIVERKEEPER PRESS RELEASE 5.20.05 PROTECTING RESIDENTS DEEMED NOT URGENT BY FEDERAL AGENCY The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rejects Petition Calling for Backup Power to Emergency Sirens Garrison, NY   Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rejected a public petition that would require all nuclear utilities to equip emergency notification systems with backup power sources independent from the...

“RIVERKEEPER RESPONDS TO REPORT ON JOB LOSSES AT INDIAN POINT: Entergy’s Bottom Line More Important than Indian Point Workforce”

”FROM: RIVERKEEPER Contact: Rubenstein Communications, Inc. – Public Relations Maya Israel (212) 843-8003 cell: (917) 445-0183 For Immediate Release RIVERKEEPER RESPONDS TO REPORT ON JOB LOSSES AT INDIAN POINT: Entergy’s Bottom Line More Important than Indian Point Workforce Garrison, NY – Today, the environmental group Riverkeeper denounces any claims by Entergy asserting that the continued...

“Presentation To Close Indian Point”

“Press Release Jan 31, 2005 For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Zimet Ulster County Legislator 845-255-2117 Michael Kaplowitz Westchester County Legislator 914-995-2848 Presentation To Close Indian Point On Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 6pm in the Ulster County Legislative chambers, Kingston, N.Y., there will a presentation to the Ulster County Legislature on a request from Westchester...

“Legislator Ellen Jaffee Is Joined By Other Legislators in Urging the County Executive to Withhold Submission of the County’s Annual Certification Letter for Indian Point Emergency Plan”

For Immediate Release Contact:    Hon. Ellen Jaffee        (845) 729-981 Erika Caufield, Press Coordinator         (845) 638-5184 Legislator Ellen Jaffee Is Joined By Other Legislators in Urging the County Executive to Withhold Submission of the County’s Annual Certification Letter for Indian Point Emergency Plan  New City, NY (January 12, 2005) – Legislator Ellen Jaffee, Chair of...

“NRC Move to Make Nuke Plant Licensing Hearing Secret is Illegal, Irresponsible”

Nuclear Information and Resource Service Public Citizen  For Immediate Release:                 Contact: Michael Mariotte, NIRS (202) 328-0002 Dec. 20, 2004                                              Michele Boyd, PC (202) 454-5134 NRC Move to Make Nuke Plant Licensing Hearing Secret is Illegal, Irresponsible  Staff of Nuclear Industry Regulator Seeks to Shut Out Public in Wake of Agency’s Security Lockdown WASHINGTON, D.C. –...