ML110970351
| ML110970351 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/29/2011 |
| From: | Menin J City of New York, NY, Community Board No. 1, Manhattan |
| To: | Jaczko G NRC/Chairman |
| References | |
| G20110249, LTR- 11-0190, SECY-2011-0204 | |
| Download: ML110970351 (6) | |
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:
DUE: 05/04/11 Julie Menin State of New York Manhattan Community Board 1 EDO CONTROL: G20110249 DOC DT: 03/29/11 FINAL REPLY:
TO Chairman Jaczko FOR SIGNATURE OF :
GRN CRC NO: 11-0190
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Independent Evaluation of Safety, Security and Environmental Standards of Indian Point (EDATS: SECY-2011-0204)
DATE: 04/06/11 Borchardt Weber Virgilio Ash Muessle OGC/GC
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Julie Menin NY Gregory Jaczko Community Board #1 Manhattan resolution... Independent safety and security review of Indian Point nuclear power plant Appropriate RF 03/29/2011 No NOTES:
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The City of New York Manhattan Community Board 1 162t Julie Menin CHAIRPERSON I Noah Pfefferblit DISTRICT MANAGER March 29, 2011 Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dear Chairman Jaczko:
Attached please find a resolution passed unanimously by Community Board One at our meeting on March 22, 2011 calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to independently and objectively evaluate the safety, security, and environmental standards of Indian Point nuclear power plant, as well as its evacuation plan, before renewing its reactor licenses. We believe that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should not renew the licenses for the reactors at Indian Point should an evaluation determine that it is inherently unsafe or that evacuation plans for the surrounding area are impractical or insufficient.
Thank you for your consideration of our resolution. We look forward to learning the results of the safety evaluation that we have requested.
Sincerely, Julie Menin Chairperson cc:
Senator Charles Schumer Senator Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler r
49 Chambers Street, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007-1209 Tel. (212) 442-5050 Fax (212) 442-5055 man0l@cb.nyc.gov ywww.nyc.gov/html/mancbI
COMMUNITY BOARD #1 - MANHATTAN RESOLUTION DATE: MARCH 22, 2011 COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: NEW BUSINESS BOARD VOTE:
37 In Favor 0 Opposed 0 Abstained 0 Recused RE:
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Independent safety and security review of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Indian Point nuclear power plant is situated only approximately 35 miles from New York Cify; and Indian Point has suffered from management and mechanical problems since the first of its reactors was opened nearly forty years ago; and There have been incidents involving minor explosions and coolant leaks as recently as a few years ago, the most serious of which involved a radioactive leak that led to an eleven month closure of the plant in 2000; and In 2010, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation denied Entergy Corporation, the entity that owns the plant, a water permit on the grounds that the plants antiquated non-closed cycle cooling system was in violation of the federal Clean Water Act; and The plant cycles through 2.5 billion gallons of Hudson River water a day, dumping the water after heating it back into the river to significant adverse effect on river life; and New York City is grossly underprepared for a citywide evacuation should a nuclear crisis on the scale of that ongoing at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan occur at Indian Point; and The licenses for the two nuclear reactors still operating in Indian Point are due to expire in 2013 and 2015; and Historically, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission's license renewal for nuclear reactors has been near automatic; and The only study that has been conducted regarding the safety of the plant from terrorist attack was authored by a pro-nuclear group, the Nuclear Energy Institute; and Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is situated on two active fault lines; and According to the 9/11 Commission Report, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed considered nuclear power plants as a target; and
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A Sandia National Laboratories study submitted to Congress estimated the potential death toll from radiation exposure for Indian Point could be 50,000 initially, and a study by the environmental group, the RiverKeeper suggested that a terrorist attack on Indian Point could cause up to 44,000 initial deaths and 518,000 in the long-term; now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
Community Board #1 calls on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to independently and objectively evaluate the safety, security, and environmental standards of Indian Point nuclear power plant, as well as its evacuation plan, before it considers renewing its reactor licenses; and BEIT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should deny renewals of the licenses for the reactors should an evaluation determine that the power plant is inherently unsafe or that its evacuation plans are impractical or insufficient.