Press Release-I-21-007, NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Receive Comments on Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Activities Report

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Press Release-I-21-007: NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Receive Comments on Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Activities Report
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Issue date: 07/19/2021
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No: I-21-007 July 19, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Receive Comments on Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Activities Report The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a public meeting on July 29, beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time, in Tarrytown (Westchester County), New York, to discuss and receive comments regarding a decommissioning roadmap report for the Indian Point nuclear power plant.

The meeting will be held at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the DoubleTree Hotel), at 455 South Broadway, in Tarrytown. COVID-19 safety protocols will be in effect at the venue. Members of the public will also have the ability to listen to the meeting via phone by calling 888-950-9563, passcode 7254623.

During the meeting, NRC staff will present information on regulatory reviews and oversight of the plant during decommissioning. Doors will open to the public beginning at 5:30 p.m., with sign-ups available for those interested in offering comments and/or to receive a transcript of the meeting afterwards.

Public comments on the report will be accepted until Oct. 22, 2021. A Federal Register notice with information on how to submit comments in writing was published on June 24.

Holtec, which owns the Buchanan, New York facility, submitted a Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report for Indian Point on Dec. 19. 2019. The NRC staff began a formal review of the plan when Holtec officially acquired the plant from Entergy in late May 2021.

Among other things, it describes the companys plans to use the immediate dismantlement approach and complete the radiological decommissioning of the site within approximately 15 years. A copy of the report is available in the NRCs electronic documents website, ADAMS, using the accession number ML19354A698.

Indian Point 3 permanently ceased operations on April 30, 2021, while Indian Point 2 was shut down one year prior. Indian Point 1, an earlier-generation plant, was removed from service in the 1970s.