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National, State and Local Leaders To Meet For Discussion on Radioactive Leaks At Indian Point
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National, State and Local Leaders To Meet For Discussion on Radioactive Leaks At Indian Point
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Mar. 1 -/E-Wire/-- The Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Pace University are sponsoring a free technical briefing with roundtable discussion and town meeting with nationally known experts in relevant fields including hydrology, geology, public health, ecological impacts, and regulatory issues. Attendance is open to the public.
LOCATION - Pleasantville, Pace University, Pleasantville Campus, Wilcox Gymnasium, at the intersection of the Taconic
WHO - Presenters at the briefing will include:
On the current status of the leaks:
Dr. Greg Jaczko, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner (invited)
Paul Gunter, Nuclear Information and Resource Service
On hydrogeology of leaks :
Dr. Robert W. Houghten, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (invited)
Sergio Smiriglio, hydrologist
On public health concerns :
Dr. Adela Salame-Alfie, NYS Department of Health
Cathey E. Falvo MD, Physicians for Social Responsibility
On ecological impacts :
Barbara Youngberg and Ward Stone ScD (invited)
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
On jurisdictional issues/federal oversight :
David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists
Phillip Musegaas, Riverkeeper
Additional roundtable panelists will include: US Congresswoman Nita Lowey US Congressman John Hall NY State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz Rockland County Legislator Ellen Jaffee Ulster County Legislator Susan Zimet Gordon Wren, Rockland County Emergency Services (invited) Lisa Rainwater, Riverkeeper Alan Steinberg, Regional Director, US EPA (invited) Mark Jacobs, Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition Susan Shapiro, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Moderated by Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.
WHAT - A free, public, technical briefing with roundtable discussion and town meeting with nationally known experts in relevant fields including hydrology, geology, public health, ecological impacts, and regulatory issues, sponsored by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., Pace Academy for the Environment and the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC). Presentations and roundtable discussions will elucidate the best currently available information on strontium 90 and other radioactive isotopes from the Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, New York leaking into groundwater and the Hudson River. The extent of the leaks, first identified in Sept. 2005 as "small amount of slightly radioactive water" of "less than a pint a day", has been closely monitored. More than a year later this estimate was revised to a more substantial "Central Park Reservoir"-size leak, which exceeds drinking water standards for strontium-90. Strontium-90 has also recently been found in Hudson River fish. Members of New York's Congressional delegation are invited and scheduled to attend, along with their staffs, representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, elected officials from eleven surrounding counties, relevant New York state agencies, and concerned citizens. This month members of New York's congressional delegation reintroduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require an Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, including in-depth review of Indian Point's safety and mechanical systems, spent fuel pools, and radiological emergency evacuation plans.
WHEN - Parkway and Rt. 117. Friday, March 2.
Technical briefing: 1:30pm - 5:00pm.
Town Hall- style evening meeting: 6:30-8:30pm Contact Info:
E-mail : [REDACTED-EMAIL] Website : GRACE Energy Initiative
GRACE Energy Initiative
E-mail : [REDACTED-EMAIL]
http://www.gracelinks.org
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