Feds back up N.Y. AG's view on nuclear plant

[kristopher]

Feds back up N.Y. AG's view on nuclear plant
BY BRYAN COHEN

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a significant federal ruling Friday in an effort to improve a Buchanan, N.Y., power plant's accident preparedness.

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued a decision agreeing with New York that the Indian Point power plant cannot be relicensed without completing a legally-required analyses of its severe accident mitigation. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must require Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, to either adopt cost-effective upgrades to improve responses and control the impact of a severe accident or provide a compelling reason why it will not do so.

"Severe accidents cannot be treated as impossibilities, and this critical ruling confirms that Indian Point must follow regulations to protect the public and control the effects of a potentially severe nuclear accident," Schneiderman said.

"We will not permit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy to procrastinate or limit the relicensing review with the hope that full responsibility for protective measures can be avoided. My office will continue to take the action necessary to ensure Indian Point complies with all applicable laws and regulations, and that the surrounding communities are protected."

The relicensing requires...

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Every nuclear plant HAS to be safe - millions of people surrounding them

Why didn't they build them FAR away from populations? The governments have been complacent.