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NRC Grades Indian Point; Plant Opponents Grade The NRC

Allison Dunne — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:52:56 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a public meeting and open house this evening to discuss the Commission’s recent safety assessment of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County. Earlier today, Indian Point opponents issued their own report card, grading the NRC.

A number of leaders of environmental and citizens’ groups stood near the Hudson River in Peekskill Tuesday, with the Indian Point power plant reactors in the background. Former Democratic New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky was among them.

Indian Point 2 License Renewal Questionable

Hank Gross — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:35:08 +0000

TARRYTOWN – Nuclear Regulatory Commission regional officials say the Indian Point nuclear power plant, in Buchanan, operated safely during 2012.

That does not mean Indian Point 2 is on the fast track for renewal of its operating license, which expires in September.

Regional administrator of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission William Dean told reporters in Tarrytown Monday that the actual renewal is a long way off, but that won’t keep the plant from operating.

Groups Join VT and NY In Asking NRC to Do More Intensive Review of Nuclear Waste Storage

Pat Bradley — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:40:00 +0000

Relicensing: Waiting Game at Indian Point

Dave Lucas — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:39:21 +0000

The final decision on Indian Point's 20-year license renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has hit another snag... Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports

The NRC will hold off before approving new licenses for Indian Point (and other nuclear plants) until the problem of dealing with safety and environmental threats posed by on-site storage of highly radioactive spent fuel is addressed...

Spent fuel has been building up on-site at the 40-year-old Buchanan reactors in the absence of any permanent repository.

NY Nuke Plants' Owner Seeks License Extension

Dave Lucas — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:37:07 +0000

An administrator says federal regulators are researching whether nuclear plants can be licensed to run beyond the current limit of 60 years. WAMC’s Dave Lucas reports…

The comment came as representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission discussed the two Indian Point plants in the New York City suburbs.