The Nature of Things

Indian Point relicensing inspections starting

January

So it begins – the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first on-site inspection at Indian Point “associated with license renewal,” as one agency official puts it. A team of seven inspectors will start looking at the nuclear plant’s workers’ plans to manage aging of the infrastructure through 2035 and what the environmental impacts would be should the plant be relicensed. The NRC will issue an inspection report and conduct a public exit meeting in a few months. No specific date has been set. For more information on the NRCâ€™s review of the Indian Point license, log onto the agency’s site

This entry was posted on Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 5:35 pm by Greg Clary.
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One Response to “Indian Point relicensing inspections starting”

artisan33 January 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Having tried personally to solve some nagging loose ends at IPEC, I can state categorically that the management, and the workers there, have their fingers on the pulse of public need, in a way more comprehensive, more responsive, and more reality-based than would ever have been possible under the featherbedding of NYPA and/or Con Ed.

What this means is this: If you (we) got through the previous 35 years relatively unscathed, we have already payed the price for having this power source sited near us, and the price has turned out to be miniscule.

In times when contract workers slept entire 8 or 12 hour shifts in their campers in the parking lot, packing beer and firearms along with their sleeping bags for good measure, no catastrophe happened.

In times when both NYPA & Con Ed looked only to get rid of their assets, and practiced somewhat less than benign neglect, letting everything slide, no catastrophe happened.

In times when NRC called us in on the carpet, and gave us rethinking training, shutting us down for 2 years, no catastrophe happened.

And when Entergy showed up, actually wanting improvement, and good will, even this caused no great catastrophe.

Always aware that people can turn on you, Entergy bought out all the bad actors with retirement packages, and realignment marginalizations, and ended up with the core cadre of good guys….. the ones who had carried all the newly-departed slackers for decades….. finally unencumbered, and ready to get REALLY GOOD !

No, nobody cares about any sirens. Let me ask you this: How many lights in your house do sirens light? None.

Now is the time to be reasonable.

Now is the time to let your long-term neighbors prove their mettle.

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