Opposing the Transfer of Indian Point to Holtec

 On February 23, the NYS Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding a public hearing on the Indian Point license transfer from Entergy to Comprehensive Decommissioning International, LLC (CDI) -- a joint venture of Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin, the company that has proposed to decommission the plant when it


closes in April of this year.  Because of their long history of safety violations, financial misdealings, bribery, corruption and other malfeasance, we believe that Holtec should be disqualified from holding the license, which would give the company control of the $2.1 billion Decommissioning Trust Fund, and that the PSC should use their jurisdiction to deny this license transfer based on the serious concerns outlined below.

Because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ignored the call from NY’s Congressional members and local and state elected officials to hold a public hearing on Holtec’s License Transfer Application, this is the only opportunity for public comment on it.  Please take this opportunity to submit a comment urging the PSC to reject the license transfer in the best interests of New York State.

You have several options to comment:

  • Offer verbal comment at one of two PSC virtual Public Hearings: To do so, you must sign up on www.webex.com by 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February 22.

                Phone-Only Access: 518-549-0500  Access Code: 179 579 8495
 

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GUEST: Michael Sussman, former Assistant General Counsel for the NAACP

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Michael Sussman, former Trial Attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and former Assistant General Counsel for the NAACP, talks about reforming police policies as well as his long career fighting racism and discrimination.

https://www.wamc.org/post/attorneys-residents-criticize-police-reform-process-nys

Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.




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Stop The Plant


There are no ifs and or buts regarding our objection to the proposed expansion of the Danskammer Power Plant in Newburgh, Orange County. Increasing this part time fracked gas plant operating a few days per year into a 24/7 full time facility will have many more serious negative impacts than positive ones on our region. Public health, ecological, and financial ramifications would make implementation of this plan a potential boondoggle: 

– 25x more risk of lung exposure to particulate matter and volatile carcinogenic chemicals 

– 40x more methane gas emissions which has 30x more impact than carbon in accelerating climate change (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140327111724.htm) 

– An increase of industrial noise emanating from the plant’s jet turbines and exhaust mechanisms 

New York State’s Independent System Operator which oversees the power grid deter- mined this expansion is NOT needed even taking into account Indian Point Power Plant’s closing. An irrelevant plant would quickly become obsolete and a financial burden. ...

For more information, go to www.stoptheplant.org. 

Harvey Weiss Chelsea


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Hidden History of American Oligarchy

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Thom Hartmann, top rated progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host and New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books, talks about his recently published work, "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy - Reclaiming Our Democracy from The Ruling Class"

Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659338/the-hidden-history-of-american-oligarchy-by-thom-hartmann/


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