Press Release-I-07-034, - NRC to Discuss Process for Review of License Renewal Application for Indian Point

Press Release-I-07-034 - NRC to Discuss Process for Review of License Renewal Application for Indian Point

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Issue date:	06/13/2007
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs, Region I

475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa.

www.nrc.gov No. I-07-034 June 13, 2007Contact:Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331NRC TO DISCUSS PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONFOR INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTNuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct two public meetings on Wednesday, June27, to discuss the agency's review process for the license renewal application for the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The application, which was received by the NRC on April 30, 2007, seeks anadditional 20 years of service for the Buchanan, N.Y., plant, which has two operating reactors.The meetings will take place at the Colonial Terrace, 119 Oregon Road in Cortlandt Manor,N.Y. (Directions are available at: http://www.colonialterracecaterers.com/directions.htm .) Attendeesare advised that parking may be limited. The first session will begin at 1:30 p.m. and continue until 3 p.m., as necessary. The second session, which will offe r the same presentations as the earlier one, willget under way at 7 p.m. and continue until 8:30 p.m., as needed.Both meetings will begin with NRC staff presentations on how the overall license renewalreview process works. Following the presentations, attendees will be able to offer their comments. "These meetings will afford interested citizens the chance to learn details of how our reviews of license renewal applications are carried out," NRC License Renewal Branch Chief Rani Franovichsaid. "We should also note that this is just the first of what will be multiple opportunities for the publicto engage the NRC with regard to the Indian Point application."In conjunction with those meetings, the NRC will conduct an informational open house at thesame facility starting at 1 p.m. on the same day. It will provide an opportunity for members of thepublic to discuss with agency staffers, in an inform al manner, topics not necessarily related to licenserenewal but germane to the NRC's oversight role.

Several informational boot hs will be available onsubjects that include NRC oversight, groundwater characterization efforts, spent fuel storage,emergency preparedness a nd the role of the NRC.Under NRC regulations, the original operating li cense for a nuclear power plant has a term of40 years. The license may be renewed for up to additional 20 years if NRC re quirements are met. Thecurrent operating license for the Indian Point 2 nuclear plant is due to expire on Sept. 28, 2013, andIndian Point 3's on Dec. 12, 2015. Both units are owned and operated by Entergy Nuclear Northeast.

Indian Point 1 was permanently shut down in 1974.A copy of the Indian Point license renewal application is available via the NRC's web site at:http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/indian-point.html. In addition,copies of the application are available at the following area libraries: The White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Ave., White Plains, N.Y.; the Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Road,Montrose, N.Y.; and the Field Library, 4 Nelson Ave., Peekskill, N.Y.