Updated NRC study still supports NY nuke plant
New environmental info doesn't change NRC study's support of license for NY nuke plant
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Federal regulators have updated an environmental study of Entergy Corp.'s Indian Point nuclear plant and still conclude there's no reason to shut the plant down.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a supplement to a 2010 study Tuesday. That study found Indian Point's impact is not great enough to deny a new 20-year license.
The NRC's staff considered new data about aquatic life in the Hudson River around the two reactors.
The staff found there would be only a small impact on endangered sturgeon.
It found a significant decline in the estimated number of organisms that would be sucked into the plant with river water used for cooling.
And it found the plant's warm-water discharge would have no noticeable effect on river life.
License hearings continue, and opponents can challenge the findings.
