NRC ISSUES SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY EVALUATION FOR

INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a supplemental safety evaluation report 

(SER) for the license renewal application of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating plant Units 2 and 

3, in Buchanan, N.Y., about 24 miles north of New York City. The Supplement did not change the 

staff’s original conclusion that the applicant has identified actions that have been or will be taken to 

manage the effects of aging in the appropriate safety systems, structures and components of the 

plant, and that their functions will be maintained during the period of extended operation. 

This supplement addresses information submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

subsequent to the issuance of the original SER in November 2009. The information reviewed 

includes annual updates of license renewal information (required by 10 CFR 54.21(b) of NRC 

regulations) and updated information and commitments in response to industry operating experience 

since 2009. The NRC staff reviewed updates that pertain to the following management programs: 

inaccessible power cables not subject to environmental qualification 

requirements; 

the applicant’s plans for incorporating plant-specific and industry operating 

experience in its aging management programs to include aging management of 

socket and butt welds that join pipes, neutron-absorbing panels in the spent fuel 

pool, steam generators and reactor vessel internals;

the larger sample sizes of the one-time inspection program; 

the frequency of inspections of masonry walls;

the acceptance standards for inspections of structures; 

the plant’s increased number of inspections of its underground piping and tanks; 

and

the evaluation of metal fatigue for components in a reactor water environment.

The supplemental safety evaluation report does not identify new open items. There are no 

new license conditions resulting from this supplement. The license renewal of the Indian Point 

plants has taken several years due to ongoing hearing proceedings.

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No. 11-163 August 30, 2011
The lessons being learned from events at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have 

prompted a comprehensive NRC review of our regulations and practices. The NRC will apply the 

recommendations from this review, as appropriate, for any changes deemed necessary to improve 

the safety of operating plants, regardless of whether the plants have been issued renewed operating 

licenses. Indian Point, therefore, like all operating plants, will be subject to any rule or policy 

changes the NRC may make as a result of our post-Fukushima review. 

The supplement will be available on the NRC’s website on the Indian Point license renewal 

page; more information is available on the license renewal process Web page.

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