{"id":76737,"date":"2017-01-11T09:29:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76737"},"modified":"2017-01-10T20:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T01:38:45","slug":"schneiderman-issues-statement-on-indian-point-nuclear-plant-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76737","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman issues statement on Indian Point Nuclear plant shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman\"<\/a><\/b>By Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShutting down the Indian Point power plant is a major victory for the health and safety of millions of New Yorkers,\u00a0and\u00a0will help kick-start the\u00a0state\u2019s\u00a0clean energy future.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past six years, my office has led the state\u2019s challenge to\u00a0Entergy\u2019s request for a twenty-year extension of its license to operate Indian Point, and this\u00a0agreement marks the\u00a0successful\u00a0culmination\u00a0of our work\u00a0to address the serious\u00a0health and safety\u00a0risks\u00a0that\u00a0the plant poses\u00a0to neighboring communities.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis\u00a0agreement puts in place several important safety provisions that go beyond federal requirements to ensure that Indian Point operates\u00a0as\u00a0safely\u00a0as possible\u00a0as it transitions to a timely shutdown. These measures include new requirements for safer storage of spent nuclear fuel at the plant, increased inspections to address faulty and deteriorating bolts throughout the facility, and $15 million in new funding from Entergy to support the\u00a0environment in the Hudson River and neighboring communities.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy office will vigorously monitor Entergy’s compliance with today’s agreement to ensure its terms are met and that\u00a0our state\u00a0remains a national leader on the environment. I commend Governor Cuomo for working with all stakeholders, including my office and the committed environmental advocates at Riverkeeper, to get this important deal done for New Yorkers.”<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Since taking office in 2011, A.G. Schneiderman has continuously advocated for improving safety conditions at the Indian Point facility,\u00a0and has led the state\u2019s challenge to Entergy\u2019s application before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an extended 20-year license to operate the Indian Point plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

In March 2011, the A.G\u2019s office filed a petition with the NRC requesting the Commission take action against Entergy for violating numerous fire safety regulations for which the company was seeking exemptions from compliance. In July 2011,\u00a0the Commission accepted the A.G.\u2019s petition, and in February 2012, the Commission denied Entergy\u2019s request for exemptions from more than 100 fire safety requirements that overlapped with those listed in the petition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the earthquake and tsunami that caused a major nuclear accident at Fukushima, Japan in March 2011, the\u00a0A.G\u2019s office\u00a0petitioned\u00a0the NRC to address the risk of seismic events causing a nuclear accident at Indian Point, which is located\u00a0in an area of seismic activity. In response, the Commission began implementing a stepped-up program to manage seismic risk at nuclear power plants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past five years, the A.G\u2019s office has successfully enforced\u00a0laws\u00a0\u2013 over challenges raised by Entergy \u2013\u00a0requiring federal regulators to take into consideration New York\u2019s policies protecting critical coastal resources as part of the relicensing application process for Indian Point.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman \u201cShutting down the Indian Point power plant is a major victory for the health and safety of millions of New Yorkers,\u00a0and\u00a0will help kick-start the\u00a0state\u2019s\u00a0clean energy future. \u201cFor the past six years, my office has led the state\u2019s challenge to\u00a0Entergy\u2019s request for a twenty-year extension of its license to operate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}