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";
May 26, 2021