Sentences with phrase «indian point operations»

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The entire debate around extending the operation of Indian Point becomes even more important when you consider its role in meeting the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

However, radioactive releases from Indian Point's routine operation often are not fully detected or reported.

As a matter of regular operation, radiation is released from Indian Point in the form of liquid, gaseous, and solid radioactive wastes.

In 2009, the state called for Indian Point to install cooling towers which recycle river water and dramatically lower the number of fish killed by the plant's operation.

The speakers» concerns included the quality of desalinated water, the environmental impact of the plant's operations, expenses related to the plant, proximity to the Indian Point facility, and alternatives to resolving the matter.

Cuomo joined a suit against the N.R.C. for relicensing Indian Point when he was attorney general, and shortly after becoming governor he asserted that he intended to use the tool available to the state to keep the plant from continuing operation after its licenses expired in 2013 and 2015.

ALBANY — Saturday night's transformer fire at the Indian Point Energy Center has given Governor Andrew Cuomo his biggest opening yet to question the safety of the Westchester County nuclear facility, whose operation he has long opposed.

«Today's unanimous decision by the Court of Appeals reaffirms the State's authority to review Entergy's federal applications to continue its operation at Indian Point,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Westchester County is bracing for a hit to local employment and revenue after the Indian Point Energy Center shuts down in 2021 after more than 50 years of operation.

Currently, Indian Point is the only one of the four nuclear power plants in the state not to have been cleared for continued operation.

Examples of the early successes of task force members include legally establishing its operating authority and scope of operation in the State Budget, requiring a study of re-use options of the Indian Point property, adding an additional $ 15 million to the State's Power Plant Cessation Mitigation Fund starting in 2020, extending the timeline for payments from that fund, and authorizing the HendrickHudson School District to start a reserve fund to plan for future tax impacts.

At the same time, Cuomo has lambasted Entergy's operation of the downstate Indian Point nuclear reactors, which he wants to close because they are too close to New York City.

NEW YORK, NY — The Indian Point Closure Task Force met for the first - time last night and publicly discussed and identified initiatives to help the local community prepare for the facility to cease power generation operations and shut down by 2021

As part of a deal struck between Cuomo and plant - owners Entergy earlier this year, Indian Point is set to be phased out of operation over the next four years.

Indian Point will shut down by 2021, and according to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, decommissioning must be completed within 60 years of the plant ceasing operations.

«This is not the first such release of radioactive water at Indian Point, nor is this the first time that Indian Point has experienced significant failure in its operation and maintenance,» Cuomo said in a statement.

«Since coming to Congress, I've worked to bring an end to operations at Indian Point because it's too great a risk to the Hudson Valley.»

Speaking on Indian Point, Maloney stated that the plant should and would be closed, with its operations transferred over the course of five to seven years, preserving and creating jobs throughout the transfer, and providing for waste storage.

For Entergy's nuclear operations in the Northeast, pink slips will go out at Westchester County - based Indian Point, Pilgrim, and Vermont Yankee.

Attending last week's meeting were Murphy, Jim Malatras, director of state operations, Tom Congdon, the executive deputy at the Department of Public Service, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, who chairs the chamber's Energy Committee and Assemblywomen Sandy Galef, a Democrat who also represents the area around Indian Point, among others.

The Governor has repeatedly emphasized the need to monitor the safety and operations of Indian Point by both state and federal regulators.

In May 2015, the facility experienced a transformer fire — the 13th unplanned shutdown at the facility since June of 2012 — demonstrating that the continued operation of Indian Point threatens not only human safety but also the environmental health of its surrounding area.

Riverkeeper retained Synapse to assess the potential impacts to energy reliability and electric power sector air emissions associated with the construction and operation of a closed - cycle cooling system as the «best technology available» (BTA) for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, in order to inform the analysis being conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).

In order to receive a license extension, Indian Point must also receive a certification from the New York State Department of State (DOS) that its operations are consistent with New York's coastal policies.