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Indian Point nuclear power plant shutdown

Shutdown puts Indian Point plant under greater scrutiny
LoHud.com By Timothy O’Connor •  August 29, 2009
BUCHANAN – Indian Point 3 faces tighter oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission following Thursday night’s emergency shutdown of the nuclear power plant. The power plant was shut down for the second time in a little over two weeks and the fourth time since March. The plant’s turbine tripped off at 7:32 p.m…………………..

Riverkeeper, an environmental group that opposes the relicensing of Indian Point, said the shutdown bolsters its argument against renewing the licenses for 20 years.

 

 

“Another unexpected shutdown in such a short amount of time is certainly cause for concern; it demonstrates a fundamental failure to properly monitor and detect problems at the plant, and leads one to question how reliable Indian Point really is as a source of power for the region,” said Deborah Brancato, a staff attorney for Riverkeeper.

Shutdown puts Indian Point plant under greater scrutiny | LoHud.com | The Journal News

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  1. Any Riverkeeper spokesperson is forced to speak in parables, because the Rkeeper organizational agenda demands they artificially tie each Indian Point event back to a fictitious negative overview.

    Thus, if a toilet flushes wrong at IP, it is due to “the inadequacy of toilet designs”, or “The personal inattentiveness of the flushee”. This grandiose “problem exposing” is just NGO-speak. Especially if the toilet simply met a rather large chunk of waste, and is now good-to-go again for the next user.

    Actually the elective maintenance backlog at IP is the lowest its been in years. The plant just finished a record breaking 2 year run, proving it is well maintained.

    Rkeeper ought to check up on the fictitious fish stories they are putting out as supposed “fact”, rather than cook up new untruths about maintenance. An NGO is not free to lie. But…They routinely fictionalize.

    Use the short word, or the long word.
    Its the same thing.
    Also, in the very words Ms. Brancato has chosen, if you question how reliable IP is as regional power provider, please note that unit#2 has remained at 100% power throughout.

    What a great idea, to have 2 units ! Someone had their thinking cap on, in 1976!

    Maybe Riverkeeper needs its own “Riverkeeper #2” to check up on how much diesel their river launch is spewing, or whether Al Matthiessen really DID lie on his resume!

    Derek Srengore's avatar Comment by Derek Srengore | August 31, 2009 | Reply


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