Beyond Nuclear letter requesting Congressional oversight/hearings on NRC handling of decommissioning and high-level radioactive waste at Indian Point, NY and beyond

See the letter here. In addition to Beyond Nuclear, it was signed by Robert Alpern, Esq., of Brooklyn, NY; Steve Stanne, Board President, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Beacon, NY; and Ian Zabarte, Principal Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians in Las Vegas, NV.

The letter was addressed to the following Members of Congress: U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY, Senate Majority Leader), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ed Markey (D-MA, Chair of the nuclear power oversight subcommittee), Bernie Sanders (D-VT, Chair of the Budget Committee), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI, Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee), and Gary Peters (D-MI, Chair of the Homeland Security Committee); as well as U.S. Representatives Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Mondaire Jones (D-NY, in whose district Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is located), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY, Chair of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee), and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY).

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland were cc'd.

There were numerous attachments to the letter:

(1.) April 27, 2021 letter to U.S. Sen. Schumer (D-NY), et al.;

(2.) Letter to U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY); 

(3.) Jan. 12, 2021 letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY);

(4.) April 29, 2021 Clearwater comments to the NY PSC, re: Joint Proposal agreement between the State of New York, Entergy, Holtec, Riverkeeper, et al.

(5.) April 27, 2021 Fortune Magazine article;

(6.) March 30, 2021 Background Information for the EESI Congressional Briefing "TOWARDS AN EVIDENCE-BASED NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY: Gaps in Research, Regulation, Policy, and Practice in the U.S. Nuclear Industry, and What Policymakers Can Do to Bridge Them";

(7.) Dec. 7, 2020 Clearwater backgrounder;

(8.) Dec. 7, 2020 Beyond Nuclear backgrounder, "DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUNDS: What States Can Do to Stop Waste, Fraud, and Abuse, and Protect Their Citizens";

(9.) Dec. 7, 2020 Beyond Nuclear fact sheet, "NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING: A New Crisis and New Opportunity for States".

Palisades Power Plant employees prepare for last year on the job

The Palisades atomic reactor in Covert Township, Van Buren County, MI, four miles south of South Haven, on the Lake Michigan shoreline.As reported by the South Haven Tribune in southwest Michigan.

Beyond Nuclear is quoted.

Although not mentioned in the article, the local grassroots organization, Michigan Safe Energy Future, is also intervening against the Entergy-to-Holtec license transfer.