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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Should Indian Point Operate Beyond 60 Years?


Should Indian Point Operate Beyond 60 Years?
The Daily Cortlandt
Regulators with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said research is being conducted to determine if nuclear plants can safely operate beyond 60 years. TARRYTOWN, NY – As the nearly 40-year-old Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants apply for their first ...

Amid protests, NRC mulls Indian Pt. seismic data

Newsday (subscription) - ‎May 17, 2012‎
Westchester Newsday New York > Westchester Print Aa Amid protests, NRC mulls Indian Pt. seismic data Originally published: May 17, 2012 9:28 PM Updated: May 17, 2012 10:37 PM By KEN SCHACHTER kenneth.schachter@cablevision.com In a boisterous public ...

Cornell Attends Annual NRC Assessment Of Indian Point

Patch.com - ‎May 18, 2012‎
By Robin Traum At the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) annual assessment this week, it stated the Entergy Indian Point Nuclear Energy Plant is operated within the bounds set by regulations,. However, the NRC also noted over two dozen issues that ...

Indian Point Debate: Battle Between Jobs and Safety

Patch.com - ‎May 18, 2012‎
The public duked it out at Thursday night's long and heated forum surrounding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual assessment of Indian Point. By Krista Madsen Eleven thousand jobs created by a power plant. Eighteen million lives affected in the ...

Nuclear tango in Tarrytown (NRC holds IPEC hearing)

Examiner.com - ‎May 18, 2012‎
Hundreds filled a room in a Tarrytown hotel yesterday -twenty miles north of NYC- to defend or oppose IPEC, the Indian Point nuclear plant. The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) held the hearing to address safety concerns of the plant amidst a ...

Indian Point operates safely, NRC says

Mid-Hudson News - ‎May 18, 2012‎
TARRYTOWN - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told a crowded public forum Thursday night in Tarrytown that the Indian Point nuclear power plants had a good safety record in 2011. The facility's safety operations fall “within the expected band of ...
 
 

Indian Point: Still safe

New York Post - ‎May 17, 2012‎
Another year, another Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety inspection passed with flying colors by Indian Point. So will this finally silence the “shut it down” crowd — starting with Gov. Cuomo, who says his mantra “has always been 'safety first'?

Indian Point's safety debated

The Journal News | LoHud.com - ‎May 17, 2012‎
TARRYTOWN — To be a representative of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday night was to be sitting in one of the hottest seats inside a hotel ballroom in Tarrytown. For it was the front of the room where those opposed to the Indian Point nuclear ...
 
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