Close Indian Point Campaign

New York City Council Resolution in support of closing Indian Point, May 14, 2015.

Action page: if you live in New York City, urge your Councilmember to support the Indian Point resolution.

Council Resolution page. Text of resolution and progress information

Find (and call) Your New York Councilmember.

Information packet for city council members from Shut Down Indian Point Coalition

Materials

Map
Flier from Agree-NYC. Download, print, distribute.
Flier from NIRS. No need to worry: NY does not need Indian Point to keep the lights on.
Indian Point and Water Supply
Contamination Chart (amount of radiation contained at Indian Point compared to historical releases)
Chart of Indian Point relicensing process (a bit byzantine!)

Robust Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Neglected Issue of Homeland Security
(2003, Institute for Resource and Security Studies, for Citizens Awareness Network)
Executive Summary
Full Report

Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water
(2012, Environment New York and U.S. PIRG Education Fund)

Safety Issues

U.S. Nuke Plants Ranked by Quake Risk
(2011, Bill Dedman, MSNBC.com)

Implications of Updated Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Estimates in Central and Eastern United States on Existing Plants: Safety/Risk Assessment
(2010, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Observations and Tectonic Setting of Historic and Instrumentally Located Earthquakes in the Greater New York City–Philadelphia Area
(2008, Sykes, Armbruster, et al, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)

Indian Point Safety Exemptions Granted by NRC
(2015, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Riverkeeper-Brodsky announcement
NRC Exemptions List

Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage (IPS report)
Transformer explosion
Fuel Pools

Energy Issues and Replacement

Indian Point Replacement Contingency Plan
(2013, New York State Public Service Commission)

Indian Point Replacement Analysis: A Clean Energy Roadmap
(2012, Synapse Energy Economics, for NRDC and Riverkeeper)

Transmission and Distribution Systems Reliability Study and Report
(2012, NYS Energy Planning Board)

Assembly Committees’ Preliminary Findings Show Indian Point Can Be Shut Down
(2012, NYS Assembly Committees on Corporations and Energy)

Indian Point Energy Center Nuclear Plant Retirement Analysis: Replacement Options, Reliability Issues and Economic Effects
(2011, Synapse Energy Economics, for NRDC and Riverkeeper)

Indian Point EPZ

Emergency Preparedness

Review of Emergency Preparedness of Areas Adjacent to Indian Point and Millstone
(2003, James Lee Witt Associates, for New York Power Authority)
Executive Summary
Full Report

Report on Emergency Planning for Indian Point Energy Center
(2015, Disaster Accountability Project)

NIRS Petition for Rulemaking to Improve Emergency Planning Regulations
(2012, Nuclear Information & Resource Service)
Briefing Paper
Rulemaking Petition
Fact Sheet

Entergy Corporation

Generating Influence: Entergy’s Political Spending and the Battle over the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
(2013, Common Cause/NY)
Full Report
Press Release

Money, Politics, and the Business of Monopolies
(2015, Alliance For Affordable Energy)

Entergy’s Credibility and Track Record
(2011,Citizens Awareness Network)

Entergy Generates Influence: Will Cash and Connections Overpower Serious Debate?
(2003, Common Cause/NY)
Full Report
Executive Summary