[NukeNet] NRC to Solocit Public Comments on Sept. 19 as Part of Indian Point License Renewal Application Review

[Beth Wellington]

NRC TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SEPT. 19  
    AS PART OF INDIAN POINT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW  
            Public comments on potential environmental impacts from a  license renewal for the Indian Point nuclear power plant will be  accepted by Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff at two meetings on  Wednesday, Sept. 19. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.  and 7 p.m., respectively, at the Colonial Terrace catering facility,  119 Oregon Road in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.
                 An “open house” will be held 1 hour before each meeting to  provide citizens with an opportunity to talk informally with agency  staff. It is important to note, however, that formal comments must be  expressed during the transcribed meetings.
          Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., which operates the Buchanan  (Westchester County), N.Y., plant, applied to the NRC on April 30, 2007  to extend the operating licenses for the two-reactor plant by 20 years  each. The current operating license for Indian Point 2 is due to expire  on Sept. 28, 2013 and Indian Point 3’s on Dec. 12, 2015.
          As part of its review of the application, the NRC staff will  prepare a draft environmental impact statement (EIS). The comments  provided at the meetings on Sept. 19 will be considered as that report  is being developed. Once a draft version of the report is completed,  the NRC staff will once again meet with the public to solicit comments  on that document. Following consideration of those comments, a final  EIS will be prepared.
        More information on the Indian  Point license renewal application is available on the NRC web site at: www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/indian-point.html




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