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Bob Hennelly of WNYC reports that Governor Cuomo, with NRC 20-year relicensing of Indian Point on its agenda, has expressed substantial concern about the inherent risk of Indian Point operation. From Cuomo Reiterates Concerns about Indian Point Nuclear Plant: (Information about the Ramapo fault is below the jump) Governor Andrew Cuomo said he’s concerned over [...]
Greg Clary of LoHud.com (Lower Hudson News) reports that More than 10 percent of the 172 emergency sirens within 10 miles of Indian Point failed to work properly during a quarterly test of the alert system?this morning, according to emergency and plant officials. A spokesman for Entergy Nuclear, which owns and runs Indian Point, said [...]
The Poughkeepsie Journal on Friday published an editorial calling for the extension of hearing into the relicensing of Indian Point. Here’s an excerpt: We reproduce the editorial in its entirety, as it is so well-reasoned. The hearing process has been tainted – and if one is a proponent of nuclear power, all the more reason [...]