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MONTHYEARML23097A0822023-04-0606 April 2023 LTR-23-0084 Senator Charles Schumer Et Al., Letter Regarding Holtec Decommissioning International'S Decision to Expedite Its Planned Release of Over One Million Gallons of Radioactive Wastewater from the Indian Point Energy Center Into the ML21235A1002021-09-13013 September 2021 LTR-21-0219-1 Letter Response to Senator Chuck Schumer Et Al Letter Re Comments for the July 29, 2021 Government to Government Meeting Regarding Indian Point ML21235A1012021-09-13013 September 2021 LTR-21-0219-1 Enclosure Response to Senator Chuck Schumer, Et Al., Letter Comments for the July 29, 2021 Government-to-Government Meeting Regarding Indian Point ML21077A2732021-03-25025 March 2021 03-25-21 Letter to the Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Et Al., from Chairman Hanson Responds to Letter Regarding Concerns Related to the Commission'S Recent Decision to Deny Hearing Requests in the Indian Point Energy Center License Transfer ML21054A1992021-02-22022 February 2021 LTR-21-0062 Senator Charles Schumer, Et Al., Concerns Denial of the Hearing Requests Submitted Regarding the License Transfer from Entergy to Holtec for the Decommissioning of Indian Point and Urges the NRC to Reverse This Decision Under It ML21022A2212021-02-0505 February 2021 Letter to Senator Charles Schumer from Margaret Doane Response for NRC to Reconsider Its Decision to Not Allow for a Public Hearing in the Transfer of Indian Point'S License ML20336A2932020-11-20020 November 2020 Letter to the Honorable Charles E. Schumer Et Al., from Margaret M. Doane, Executive Director for Operations Re a Public Hearing in the Transfer of Indian Point'S License ML20328A2632020-11-16016 November 2020 LTR-20-0421 Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and Representatives Lowey, Maloney, and Engel Letter Calling on the NRC to Reconsider Its Decision to Not Allow for a Public Hearing in the Transfer of Indian Point'S License ML20262H1382020-09-18018 September 2020 Letter from David C. Lew to Congresswoman Nita Lowey Regarding Indian Point Virtual Plant Safety Assessment, the Proposed License Transfer, and the Nrc'S Reviews Regarding the 42-inch Alonquin Incremental Market Natural Gas Pipeline ML20262H1842020-09-18018 September 2020 Letter from David C. Lew to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Regarding Indian Point Virtual Plant Safety Assessment, the Proposed License Transfer, and the Nrc'S Reviews Regarding the 42-inch Alonquin Incremental Market Natural Gas Pipeline ML20087M2782020-03-11011 March 2020 LTR-20-0116 Sandra Galef, Assemblywoman, New York State Legislature, Et Al., Letter Inspector General'S Report on Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Case No. 16-024 ML20023B3292020-01-21021 January 2020 LTR-20-0019 Senator Charles Schumer, Et Al., Letter Request for NRC to Extend the Public Comment Period for the License Transfer for Indian Point ML19329C9922019-11-21021 November 2019 LTR-19-0459 Senator Charles Schumer, Et Al., Letter to Holtec Regarding Oversight of the Decommissioning Process and the Potential Transfer of Indian Point'S Nuclear Regulatory Commission License from Entergy Corporation to Holtec Internati ML16208A4302016-08-15015 August 2016 08/15/16, Letter to Congressman Maloney from Chairman Burns responds to this letter with concerns regarding the restart of Indian Point Energy Center Unit 2 and the need for a safety review of Unit 3 ML16196A3832016-07-14014 July 2016 Acknowledgement Receipt of Letter to Congressman S.P. Maloney Letter Submitted to NRC on 06/17/2016 ML16196A3662016-06-17017 June 2016 LTR-16-0374: Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, Letter Concern with Restarting Operations at Indian Point Unit 2 Without Having Completed a Comprehensive Root Cause Analysis That Includes Metallurgical Testing of the Failed Baffle Bolts ML16146A2332016-06-0303 June 2016 06/03/2016 - Letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from Chairman Burns re: Degraded Baffle Former Bolts at Indian Point, Unit 2 ML16146A2022016-06-0303 June 2016 06/03/2016 - Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Cory Booker from Chairman Burns re: Degraded Baffle Former Bolts at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Salem Nuclear Plants and Diablo Canyon Power Plant ML16145A0722016-05-20020 May 2016 LTR-16-0285 Senator Barbara Boxer Et Al., Letter Degraded Baffle Former Bolts at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Salem Nuclear Plants and Diablo Canyon Power Plant ML16132A3672016-05-10010 May 2016 LTR-16-0268 - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congress, Ltr Degraded Baffle Former Bolts at Indian Point, Unit 2 ML16068A2322016-03-29029 March 2016 Letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from Chairman Burns Accidental Release of Radioactive Material Into the Groundwater at the Indian Point Energy Center ML16055A4742016-03-10010 March 2016 03/10/16, Letter to the Honorable Nita Lowey from Chairman Burns Responds to her Letter Regarding the Recent Tritium Leak at the Indian Point Energy Center ML16050A4322016-02-18018 February 2016 LTR-16-0086 - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Letter re: Accidental Release of Radioactive Material into the Groundwater at the Indian Point Energy Center ML16074A0922016-02-11011 February 2016 02-11-16 Ack Ltr to Congresswoman Lowey Regarding a Tritium-Contaminated Water Leak Into Groundwater at Indian Point Energy Center ML16040A2712016-02-0808 February 2016 LTR-16-0061 - Representative Nita Lowey Letter Recent Tritium Leak Into the Groundwater at the Indian Point Energy Center ML15159A8652015-06-24024 June 2015 Ltr to Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey from Chairman Burns Responds to Her Letter to Build a New Gas Pipeline About one-quarter Mile from the Indian Point Energy Center Units 2 and 3 Reactors ML15153A2082015-06-16016 June 2015 Letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey, from Chairman Burns Regarding Nuclear Safety at the Indian Point Energy Center Following a Transformer Fire on Ma 9, 2015 (Response) ML13234A0642013-08-20020 August 2013 08-20-13 Acknowledgment Letter to the Honorable Nita Lowey Signed Petition by Residents of New York and New Jersey on the Relicensing Renewal Requests for Reactors 2 and 3 at Indian Point (G20130601) ML13231A2412013-08-19019 August 2013 Limited Appearance Statement of Nita M. Lowey, U.S. Congress, Opposing Indian Point License Renewal ML13231A2242013-08-19019 August 2013 G20130601/LTR-13-0682-Ticket - Representative Nita Lowey Ltr. Signed Petition by Residents of New York and New Jersey, Urging the NRC to Deny the Relicensing Renewal Requests for Reactors 2 and 3 at Indian Point Entergy Center in Buchanan, ML13231A2222013-08-19019 August 2013 G20130601/LTR-13-0682 - Representative Nita Lowey Letter Signed Petition by Residents of New York and New Jersey, Urging the NRC to Deny the Relicensing Renewal Requests for Reactors 2 and 3 at Indian Point Entergy Center in Buchanan, Ny ML13141A3582013-05-0606 May 2013 G20130396/LTR-13-0439 - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Ltr. Findings from a Recent Gao Report (March 2013) and the Lack of Information as to How Residents Outside of the 10-Mile Emergency Planning Zone Would React in an Emergency ML12340A7112012-07-12012 July 2012 Official Exhibit - ENT000544-00-BD01 - Letter from A. Macfarlane, Chairman, NRC, to E. Markey, U.S. Congressman, Regulatory Commitments (July 12, 2012) ML12233A7072012-07-12012 July 2012 Entergy Pre-Filed Hearing Exhibit ENT000544 - Letter from A. Macfarlane, Chairman, NRC, to E. Markey, U.S. Congressman, Regulatory Commitments (July 12, 2012) ML12318A0302012-03-16016 March 2012 State of New York Pre-Filed Evidentiary Hearing Exhibit NYS000461, Regulations and Policies to Undertake Safety and Other Improvements by NRC Licensees as Part of License Extension Proceedings (EDATS: SECY-2012-0131) ML15331A1592012-03-16016 March 2012 Official Exhibit - NYS000461-00-BD01 - Regulations and Policies to Undertake Safety and Other Improvements by NRC Licensees as Part of License Extension Proceedings (EDATS: SECY-2012-0131) ML12080A1512012-03-13013 March 2012 G20120186/LTR-12-0100/EDATS: SECY-2012-0127 - Ltr. Fm Rep. Nita M. Lowey Concerns About Evacuation Plans for Impacts of a Fukushima-Level Accident at Indian Point ML11270A0772011-09-26026 September 2011 Response of EDO to Representative Lowey Letter Regarding Replacement Power for IP2 and IP3 ML11265A1392011-09-26026 September 2011 G20110686/LTR-11-0482/EDATS: SECY-2011-0514 - Ltr to Rep. Nita M. Lowey Fm R. W. Borchardt Regulation Identification Number (Rule) Flexibility on Relicensing Terms - Indian Point ML11263A2632011-09-16016 September 2011 Letter from the Secretary in Response to Congresswoman Nita Lowey'S Letter of August 15, 2011 ML11263A0102011-08-15015 August 2011 G20110686/LTR-11-0482/EDATS: SECY-2011-0514 - Ltr. Rep. Nita M. Lowey Regulation Identification Number (Rule) Flexibility on Relicensing Terms - Indian Point ML11210B4222011-07-21021 July 2011 G20110552/LTR-11-0432/EDATS: SECY-2011-0430 - Ltr. Nita Lowey Indian Point Safety Concerns CY-92-223, G20110523/LTR-11-0411/EDATS: SECY-2011-0411 - Ltr. from Rep. E.J. Markey to Chairman Jaczko NRC Safety Requirements for Reactors Granted Construction Permits Prior to 19712011-07-14014 July 2011 G20110523/LTR-11-0411/EDATS: SECY-2011-0411 - Ltr. from Rep. E.J. Markey to Chairman Jaczko NRC Safety Requirements for Reactors Granted Construction Permits Prior to 1971 ML11171A5182011-06-22022 June 2011 G20110418/LTR-11-0322/EDATS: SECY-2011-0328 - Ltr to Rep. Nita M. Lowey from R. W. Borchardt Nrc'S Annual Assessment Meeting for Indian Point Energy Center ML11329A0452011-05-31031 May 2011 Acknowledgement Letter to Honorable Kirsten E. Gillibrand, U.S. Senate, Requesting a Review of All Past Agreements and Exemptions Granted to the Licensee of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Stations ML11159A1382011-05-26026 May 2011 G20110418/LTR-11-0322/EDATS: SECY-2011-0328 - Ltr. Nita M. Lowey Nrc'S Annual Assessment Meeting for Indian Point Energy Center ML11147A1002011-05-24024 May 2011 G20110384/LTR-11-0315/EDATS: SECY-2011-0312 - Ltr. from Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand Recent Inspection of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 & 3 ML11172A1582011-04-29029 April 2011 G20110462/LTR-11-0259/EDATS: SECY-2011-0367 - Ltr. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Indian Point - Safety Concerns ML1109400682011-03-24024 March 2011 LTR-11-0171 - Ltr. Rep. Nita Lowey Urges the White House to Coordinate with the NRC and FEMA to Ensure the Soundness of the Emergency Evacuation Process and Give Full Consideration of the Risks and Consequences Associated with Indian Point ML1015905462010-06-0303 June 2010 LTR-10-0195 - Response to Request from REP Nita Lowey Regarding Shortfall of Decommissioning Funds for Indian Point Unit 2 2023-04-06
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MONTHYEARML24240A1692024-09-18018 September 2024 Cy 2023 Summary of Decommissioning Trust Fund Status IR 05000003/20240022024-08-0606 August 2024 NRC Inspection Report 05000003/2024002, 05000247/2024002, 05000286/2024002 PNP 2024-030, Update Report for Holtec Decommissioning International Fleet Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program Rev. 3 and Palisades Transitioning Quality Assurance Plan, Rev 02024-08-0202 August 2024 Update Report for Holtec Decommissioning International Fleet Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program Rev. 3 and Palisades Transitioning Quality Assurance Plan, Rev 0 IR 05000309/20240012024-06-26026 June 2024 Company – Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation NRC Inspection Reports 07200030/2024001 And05000309/2024001 ML24171A0122024-06-18018 June 2024 Reply to a Notice of Violation EA-24-037 ML24156A1162024-06-0404 June 2024 Correction - Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations ML24151A6482024-06-0303 June 2024 Changes in Reactor Decommissioning Branch Project Management Assignments for Some Decommissioning Facilities IR 05000003/20240052024-05-21021 May 2024 and 3 - NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000003/2024005, 05000247/2024005, 05000286/2024005, 07200051/2024001, and Notice of Violation ML24128A0632024-05-0707 May 2024 Submittal of 2023 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report ML24124A1372024-04-30030 April 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 2023 Individual Monitoring NRC Form 5 Report L-24-009, HDI Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Reports - 20232024-04-29029 April 2024 HDI Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Reports - 2023 ML24116A2412024-04-25025 April 2024 Annual Environmental Protection Plan Report ML24117A0602024-04-23023 April 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report, Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, and Changes to the Off-Site Dose Calculation Manual for 2023 ML24114A2282024-04-23023 April 2024 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report L-24-007, Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations – Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI)2024-03-29029 March 2024 Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations – Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) ML24094A0602024-03-28028 March 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Request for Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR 72.212 and 10 CFR 72.214 for the Maine Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation IR 05000003/20240012024-03-20020 March 2024 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000003/2024001, 05000247/2024001, and 05000286/2024001 (Cover Letter Only) ML24080A1722024-03-20020 March 2024 Reply to a Notice of Violation EA-2024-010 ML24074A3812024-03-11011 March 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Decommissioning Funding Assurance Status Report ML24074A3822024-03-11011 March 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Funding Status Report for Managing Irradiated Fuel and GTCC Waste NG-24-0001, 2024 Annual Decommissioning and Spent Fuel Management Funding Status Report and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Decommissioning Financial Assurance Update2024-03-0606 March 2024 2024 Annual Decommissioning and Spent Fuel Management Funding Status Report and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Decommissioning Financial Assurance Update ML24053A0642024-02-22022 February 2024 2023 Annual Fitness for Duty Program Performance Data Report and Fatigue Management Program Data Report IR 05000003/20230042024-02-22022 February 2024 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000003/2023004, 05000247/2023004, 05000286/2023004, and 07200051/2023004 and Notice of Violation ML24045A0882024-02-22022 February 2024 Correction to the Technical Specifications to Reflect Appropriate Pages Removed and Retained by Previous License Amendments ML24025A0392024-01-12012 January 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Property Insurance Coverage ML24011A1982024-01-12012 January 2024 ISFSI, Notice of Organization Change for Site Vice President ML23342A1112024-01-0909 January 2024 Company - Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Plan ML23342A1082024-01-0909 January 2024 – Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Plan ML23353A1742023-12-19019 December 2023 ISFSI, Emergency Plan, Revision 23-04 L-23-019, Proof of Financial Protection 10 CFR 140.152023-12-18018 December 2023 Proof of Financial Protection 10 CFR 140.15 ML23326A1322023-12-0505 December 2023 Issuance of Amendment No. 67, 300 & 276 to Implement the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Only Emergency Plan ML23339A0442023-12-0505 December 2023 Issuance of Amendment No. 68, 301 and 277 Regarding Changes to Implement the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan ML23338A2262023-12-0404 December 2023 Signed Amendment No. 27 to Indemnity Agreement No. B-19 ML23356A0212023-12-0101 December 2023 American Nuclear Insurers, Secondary Financial Protection (SFP) Program ML23338A0482023-11-30030 November 2023 ISFSI, Report of Changes to Physical Security, Training and Qualification, Safeguards Contingency Plan, and ISFSI Security Program, Revision 28 ML23242A2772023-11-30030 November 2023 NRC Letter Issuance - IP LAR for Units 2 and 3 Renewed Facility Licenses and PDTS to Reflect Permanent Removal of Spent Fuel from SFPs ML22339A1572023-11-27027 November 2023 Letter - Indian Point - Ea/Fonsi Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements for 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E IR 05000003/20230032023-11-21021 November 2023 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000003/2023003, 05000247/2023003, 05000286/2023003, and 07200051/2023003 ML23050A0032023-11-17017 November 2023 Letter - Issuance Indian Point Unit 2 License Amendment Request to Modify Tech Specs for Staffing Requirements Following Spent Fuel Transfer to Dry Storage ML23100A1172023-11-17017 November 2023 NRC Response - Indian Point Energy Center Generating Units 1, 2, and 3 Letter with Enclosures Regarding Changes to Remove the Cyber Security Plan License Condition ML23100A1252023-11-17017 November 2023 Letter and Enclosure 1 - Issuance Indian Point Energy Center Units 1, 2, and 3 Exemption for Offsite Primary and Secondary Liability Insurance Indemnity Agreement ML23100A1432023-11-16016 November 2023 Letter - Issuance Indian Point Energy Center Generating Units 1, 2, and 3 Exemption Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance (Docket Nos. 50-003, 50-247, 50-286) ML23064A0002023-11-13013 November 2023 NRC Issuance for Approval-Indian Point EC Units 1, 2 and 3 Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme Amendments L-23-012, Master Decommissioning Trust Agreement Changes for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 and 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Palisades Nuclear Plant and the Non-Qualified Trust for Big Rock Point2023-11-13013 November 2023 Master Decommissioning Trust Agreement Changes for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 and 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Palisades Nuclear Plant and the Non-Qualified Trust for Big Rock Point ML23306A0992023-11-0202 November 2023 and Indian Point Energy Center, Notification of Changes in Schedule in Accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(7) ML23063A1432023-11-0101 November 2023 Letter - Issuance Holtec Request for Indian Point Energy Center Generating Units 1, 2, and 3 Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 and Part 50 ML23292A0262023-10-19019 October 2023 LTR-23-0211-RI Thomas Congdon, Executive Deputy, Department of Public Service, Chair, Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board, Letter Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection and Office of the Inspector General Report-RI ML23289A1582023-10-16016 October 2023 Decommissioning International - Registration of Spent Fuel Casks and Notification of Permanent Removal of All Indian Point Unit 3 Spent Fuel Assemblies from the Spent Fuel Pit ML23270A0082023-09-27027 September 2023 Registration of Spent Fuel Casks ML23237A5712023-09-22022 September 2023 09-22-2023 Letter to Dwaine Perry, Chief, Ramapo Munsee Nation, from Chair Hanson, Responds to Letter Regarding Opposition of the Release and Dumping of Radioactive Waste from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Into the Hudson River 2024-09-18
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Safety of the Indian Point nuclear generating-facility ACTION: Signature of Chairman DISTRIBUTION: RF, OCA to Ack LETTER DATE: 03/15/2006 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HIANDLING: Commission Correspondence NOTES:
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JOSEPH 1.-LIEBERMAN CONNECTICUT lfnited 6tatczs 1enatc WASHINGTON, DC 20510 March 15, 2006 The Honorable Nils J. Diaz Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Chairman Diaz,
I am forwarding the attached letter to me from Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal in which he raises serious concerns about the safety of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Facility.
In his letter, the Attorney General requests legislation directing the NRC to conduct an Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) at Indian Point. My understanding is that the NRC conducted an ISA at Maine Yankee in 1996, in response to a specific set developments connected with the facility's then pending "uprate" application and allegations of misconduct made at the time.
I write seeking your response to: 1) whether the legal situation has changed, such that the NRC now requires additional legal authority in order to be able to conduct such an inspection; 2) whether the NRC has received a request from the State of New York, the State of Connecticut or other interested parties for an ISA, and has acted to decline such a request; 3) whether neighboring states, under current law and regulation, are able to petition for the conduct of an ISA at Indian Point; and, 4) whether an analysis by NRC of whether an ISA, such as that performed atMaine Yankee, is an appropriate mechanism to examine the safety issues raised in the Attomey General's letter.
Please give full and fair consideration to the Attomey General's request for an ISA. I would like to receive a copy of your response.-
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%IVV 01/26/2006 15:56 FAX State of Connecticut RICHARD BLUMENTHAL ABBEY GENERL Hartford January 26,2006 The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman United States Senator
- -S-706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-0703 Re: Ind!ia Point Nuclear Power Station
Dear Senator Lieberman:
I am writing to urge you to propose legislation requiring the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC') to initiate an Independent Safety Assessment ("ISA') of several critical safety and control systems at the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Facility
('Indian Point'). To date, the NRC has failed to require such an assessment despite clear evidence of serious safety problems. Only through federal legislation can we be assured that the NRC will take this critical action necessary to ensure the safety of Connecticut citizens.
While Indian Point is located in the State ofNew York, an accident or attack there will have an immediate effect on all citizens ofthe State of Connecticut Specifically, approximately a third of the Connecticut's citizens live within the 50-mile diameter exposure pathway zone C'EPZ) and could be exposed to increased levels of radiation in the event of a major release.
Further, in the event of an attack or accident, potentially millions of people would be evacuated along Jnterstates 95 and 84 into. Connecticut. Consequently, my Office has carefully monitored state and federal regulatory oversight at Indian Point.
This facility, located in the Town of Buchanan, New York, is currently comprised of two actively operating nuclear reactors, and is owned by Entergy Nuclear Northeast. Indian Point is located in one of the most densely populated regions of the United States and has had numerous shutdowns and technical problems over the years. In addition, my Office and the New York-based Riverieeper, Inc. organization, have filed numerous administrative actions and court challenges to the demonstrably inadequate radiological emergency preparedness plan ('CREPP')
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' 01/26/2006 15:56 FAX .003/00S There is clear evidence that this facility has had serious safety issues. There have been published news reports that, in March 2001, a senior engineer at Indian Point 2 resigned because his superiors refused to address issues associated with the plant's Reactor Protection System (C'RPS'). The RPS is designed to automatically shut down a reactor if it is operating outside predetermined safety limits involving such matters as coolant supply, feedwater levels, etc. The engineer alleged that the RPS was faulty and inadequate because there were significant differences between the RPS as designed and approved by NRC and the&RPS -asactuaMly constructed.
Additionally, NRC itself sent a letter to all nuclear power stations informing them that the basic design for control room ventilation systems (CRVS") was flawed and might permit inflow.
of contaminants in certain circumstances. Entergy has claimed that it has addressed this problem at Indian Point; however, the extent and nature of the defects in the design would make an independent assessment both prudent and necessary to ensure safety.
Beyond this, there have been reports of failures of the facility's onsite electrical safety systems since at least 1999 that have the potential to impact the backup diesel generators, and the exhaust steam condensate system that returns coolant water to the system has failed on at least one occasion, with a resulting release of radioisotopes.
These and other problems at Indian Point are clear signs of a systemic, multi-year failure to address vital safety and security issues at this facility. The defects and flaws in these safety systems, a even more, the organizational failure to correct the defects, is indicative of an institutional culture that is either disniissive of its duty to protect the public or willfully blindc It is, therefore, imperative that a neutral, objective and comprehensive evaluation be made of the Indian Point power station and, in particular, of the above mentioned safety syfems.
I urge you to introduce legislation mandating the NRC to order a full and complete, top-down ISA at Indian Point similar to the one ordered in 1996 at the Maine Yankee facility I am ready to provide any additional information you may need.
Thank you for your consideration of this important matter.
Very trulyyours, RICHARD BLUMENTHAL