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• Entergy facing new challenges at Indian Point and Vermont Yankee

  Public perceptions and NRC regulatory views are at odds with each other Entergy ( NYSE:ETR ) must feel that more than a few people got out of the wrong side of the bed this week as it pursues relicensing of two nuclear reactors in New York and one in Vermont. At the Indian Point plant In New York, a combination of unrelated setbacks from technical and financial regulators are making sleepless nights... Posted Feb 15 2010, 05:43 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Vermont Yankee Nuclear, Indian Point, Entergy, Arnie Gundersen

• No more fish stories at Indian Point

  Green groups must scale back baiting the public because the fact don’t support their claims ( NucNet ) There are “no significant differences” between radioactive strontium 90 ( Sr-90 ) levels in fish caught near the Indian Point nuclear power plant compared to fish caught further upstream in the Hudson River, a new report shows. The 31-page report from New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation... Posted Feb 09 2010, 10:33 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Indian Point, Hudson River, Riverkeeper, fish, Strontium 90

• Six reasons why Indian Point will stay open

  Two issues must be addressed, and four more will affect its future The future of the Indian Point nuclear power station has been rocking on waves of public discontent like a rubber duck in a nor'easter gale . The lastest in a series of fronts that have moved through the region is that the Indian Point Independent Safety Evaluation Panel  ( bios ), which was chartered by the plant's operator... Posted Aug 01 2008, 05:11 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Indian Point

• Indian Point gets a passing grade from NRC

  Entergy will spend $600 million on regulatory compliance The Indian Point Unit 2 & Unit 3 each got a passing  grade from the NRC last week for safety, but plant officials also got a two-hour grilling by federal regulators about what they need to do to keep that rating.  The Poughkeepsie Journal reports plant officials have promised to spend a whooping $600 million at Indian Point over... Posted Jul 06 2008, 05:16 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Indian Point, NRC

• Indian Point under fire

  New York is the first state to formally oppose relicensing of a nuclear power plant At a time when the rest of the world is experiencing what is called a " nuclear renaissance ," the situation in the Empire State appears to be retrograding into a dark age where all things nuclear are considered a threat, and often on an emotional rather than rational basis. At a time when large utilities... Posted Mar 23 2008, 05:51 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Indian Point

• Indian Point license renewal challenged

  Democrats to nuclear plant - "drop dead" There's a bunk of complicated politics going on in New York state over the relicensing of the Indian Point nuclear plant. Governor Elliot Spitzer wants to shut down the Indian Point nuclear plant. The New York Times has coverage this week. Here are some highlights and also some reactions from nuclear blogs around the country. Highlights of NY Times... Posted Dec 04 2007, 12:06 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Indian Point, New York, Elliot Spitzer