TARRYTOWN, NY--Riverkeeper, the not-for-profit environmental organization, has recognized the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for heeding an earlier call to impose fines against Entergy for leaving residents at risk without a reliable siren system for Indian Point.
The NRC has announced that it plans to impose a fine of $650,000 against Entergy for “continuing failure for an extended period of time to comply with NRC Orders” to bring a fully operational emergency notification system with backup battery power online for the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
On August 24, 2007, Riverkeeper called on the NRC to levy penalties against Entergy for repeatedly missing federal deadlines. In mid-January 2008, Entergy announced its inability to meet the one-year anniversary of when the new sirens, per the Energy Policy Act of 2005, were required to be operating.
Senator Hillary Clinton succeeded in having this requirement added to the Act in response to the NRC’s denial of a petition by Riverkeeper calling for a new siren system. After Entergy failed to meet the second deadline on April 15, 2007, the NRC imposed a fine equivalent to one day’s violation. Most recently, many of the newly installed sirens were found to be corroding, less than one year after they were installed.
Riverkeeper
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