LICENSING BOARD TO RESUME EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON DEC. 10

IN TARRYTOWN, N.Y., ON INDIAN POINT LICENSE RENEWAL CONTENTIONS

An evidentiary hearing on technical and environmental challenges to the pending Indian 

Point nuclear power plant license renewal application will resume at 9 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, 

in Tarrytown, N.Y. The application was submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc., the 

owner and operator of the plant, which is located in Buchanan (Westchester County), N.Y.

Three judges of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP), the independent 

judicial arm of the NRC, are conducting the evidentiary hearing, which involves technical and 

environmental challenges to the application. The issues under review have been raised by three 

intervenors: the State of New York and two public interest organizations, Hudson River Sloop 

Clearwater Inc. and Riverkeeper Inc. In addition to these intervenors, several governmental 

bodies have been granted status as interested governmental entities in the proceeding.

The Licensing Board from the ASLBP began hearing testimony on the contentions on 

Oct. 15. The board plans to hear additional testimony from Dec. 10 to 14. The location for the 

hearing is the DoubleTree Hotel, at 455 South Broadway in Tarrytown, N.Y. (Directions are 

available at: http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/doubletree-by-hilton-hoteltarrytown-TERHIDT/maps-directions/index.html .)

Members of the public may enter the hearing room beginning at 8:30 a.m.

This is a formal adjudicative proceeding and therefore courtroom decorum will be 

observed throughout the hearing. The judges will ask questions of the witnesses who have been 

presented by the parties. Members of the public will not have an opportunity to speak during this 

hearing. Also, consistent with ASLBP rules on the conduct of such hearings, signs and placards 

will not be permitted in the hearing room and only accredited members of the media will be 

permitted to bring cameras or recording devices into the hearing room.

In addition, all members of the public will be screened by security before being granted 

entry into the hearing room. Accordingly, in order to facilitate entry, individuals wishing to 

attend the hearing are urged not to bring unnecessary items to the proceeding.

NRC NEWS

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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No. I-12-047

Contact: Diane Screnci, (610) 337-5330

 Neil Sheehan, (610) 337-5331

December. 3, 2012

Email: opa1.resource@nrc.gov
Entergy submitted its application for a 20-year extension of the Indian Point operating 

license on April 30, 2007. The initial 40-year operating licenses for Indian Point Units 2 and 3 

are due to expire on Sept. 28, 2013, and Dec. 12, 2015, respectively. However, those initial 

licenses will remain in effect until the Commission has issued a final ruling on the renewal 

application.

Below is a brief summary of each of the issues that will be addressed at this hearing. 

These issues will be heard in the following order:

1. Contention NYS-5: Challenges Entergy’s inspection and monitoring for corrosion or 

leaks in all buried systems, structures and components that convey or contain 

radioactive fluids.

2. Contention NYS-6/7: Challenges Entergy’s Aging Management Program for nonenvironmentally qualified, inaccessible medium-voltage cables and wiring.

3. Contention NYS-8: Challenges Entergy’s omission of an Aging Management 

Program for safety-related electrical transformers.

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