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Monday, October 15, 2012

NY plant at heart of nuclear power battle


NY plant at heart of nuclear power battle
Financial Times
NY plant at heart of nuclear power battle. By Shannon Bond in New York. Forty miles north of New York City, the Indian Point nuclear power plant has become the latest battleground in the debate over nuclear safety in the US. Critics including Andrew ...http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7e717388-16d3-11e2-b1df-00144feabdc0.html#axzz29OpowZhS

NY nuke plant opponents try to block new licenses

Wall Street Journal -
Associated Press. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — For the people who want to shut down a nuclear plant in the New York City suburbs, where 17 million people live within 50 miles, this day has been a long time coming. Five years after the owner of Indian Point applied ...http://online.wsj.com/article/AP073b33b8e62a4e48a5579a201b2e9b6b.html

1 issue settled before hearing on NY nuke licenses

Boston.com -
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — An environmental group says it has tentatively settled one of the 10 issues challenging the continued operation of a nuclear plant in the New York City suburbs. The settlement comes just before a federal hearing beginning Monday ...http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/2012/10/15/issue-settled-before-hearing-nuke-licenses/pEPCXoHF1x9kywTGDKv9XJ/story.html

Indian Point hearings could set tone for nuclear industry

Newsday (subscription) -
In a battle with major implications for the direction of the nation's energy policy, three federal judges in Tarrytown on Monday will open hearings to decide the future of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Entergy, which runs the plant in the northern ...http://newyork.newsday.com/westchester/protesters-supporters-square-off-as-indian-point-hearings-begin-1.4114920?qr=1

Where Do You Stand on Nuclear Power?

Patch.com -
It's been a “long time coming” writes an AP report on the Federal hearings that begin today in Tarrytown on the renewal of soon-to-expire licensing for the Indian Point nuclear facility. Parts of several Putnam towns—including Mahopac, but not Southeast—fall ...http://southeast.patch.com/articles/where-do-you-stand-on-nuclear-power-bf214677

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