Re: Congress members ask NRC to delay Indian Pt. decision

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>]

Congressmen working with the NRC to ensure the safety of their seats, oops,
I mean of Indian Point 2?  They probably have a lot of eddy current testing
experience.  I wonder if anyone compared the radioactivity released form
Indian Point 2 during the event to the amount of radioactivity routinely
released from the nearest dirt burners.

Notice the "news" article doesn't say to where the radioactive water leaked
or how radioactive it was compared to say; salad oil, whiskey or beer.

I wonder if the folk at GAO know what results they are supposed to develop
during their study.

Don Kosloff dkosloff1@email.msn.com
2910 Main St
PERRY OH 44081

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Subject: Congress members ask NRC to delay Indian Pt. decision


> Congress members ask NRC to delay Indian Pt. decision
>
> NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - On the eve of the U.S. Nuclear
> Regulatory Commission's (NRC) impending decision on Consolidated
> Edison Inc.'s <ED.N> application to restart its idled Indian Point 2
> nuclear reactor, three members of the U.S. Congress asked the agency
> on Monday to delay its decision.
>
> The New York Representatives, Sue Kelly, Benjamin Gilman and Nita
> Lowey, who have been working with the NRC to ensure the safety of
> Indian Point 2 prior to restart, have asked the federal agency to
> deny Con Ed's restart request prior to replacing the unit's steam
> generators.
>
> Indian Point 2, in Buchanan, N.Y., on the shores of the Hudson River
> about 35 miles north of New York City, shut on February 15 when
> radioactive water leaked from a crack in one of the thousands of
> tubes inside one of the steam generators.
>
> A steam generator, which stands about 70 feet high and 40 feet wide,
> transfers heat from the reactor systems to the power-generating
> portion of a nuclear power plant.
>
> After repairing the leaky steam generator tube, Con Ed asked the NRC
> for permission to restart the reactor in early June. The NRC, which
> was expected to make a decision by the end of June, has delayed due
> to the time needed to evaluate the hundreds of pages which constitute
> Con Ed's application.
>
> After the radiation leak, the NRC opened investigations to discover
> the causes of the incident, which shed light on several problems with
> Con Ed's operation of the plant.
>
> The investigation also uncovered past problems with the NRC's
> oversight of Con Ed as the operator of the plant, leading the agency
> to open an internal investigation into its own past activities.
>
> After the NRC opened the internal investigation, the New York
> Representatives asked the U.S. Inspector General to open an
> investigation of the NRC.
>
> And, the New York Representatives also asked the U.S. General
> Accounting Office (GAO) to study the history and safety of Indian
> Point 2.
>
> In their July 11 letter, the Congress members asked the NRC to delay
> any decision on Con Ed's restart application until after the
> Inspector General and the GAO have completed their investigations.
>
> In the past, the NRC's Regional Administrator, Hubert Miller, has
> said the agency would coordinate its efforts with the Inspector
> General, but would not necessarily wait for the Inspector General to
> file its report before deciding on Con Ed's application.
>
> Many wholesale electricity traders said the NRC would have to make a
> decision soon or it will likely not matter because the traders expect
> Con Ed will withdraw its application.
>
> "Con Ed only needs the plant in service for the months of July and
> August. Even if the NRC gives the go ahead, the plant won't be on
> line until the third week of July at best," one Houston-based
> electricity trader said.
>
> "Once we get into the fourth week of July, it really won't be worth
> the political and financial trouble for Con Ed to keep fighting.
> They'll probably just withdraw their application and start replacing
> the steam generators," the Houston-based trader said.
>
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