{news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting - Indian Point coalition

[David Bedell]

Sorry for this late request, but Nancy Burton would like to invite the CT Green Party to sign on as a member of a coalition to stop the relicensing of Indian Point nuclear power plant.  Last week the Fairfield chapter met and agreed to sign on; I'm hoping the SCC can pass this without the need for too much discussion at Tuesday's meeting.  Unfortunately I will not be at the meeting, but I'm hoping Richard can represent the Fairfield chapter in presenting this proposal.  A detailed description from Nancy follows the proposal below.

PROPOSAL

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals): Fairfield County chapter

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email):  David Bedell, 12 Ardsley Rd, Stamford, CT 06906, 203-581-3193, dbedellgreen(at)hotmail.com; Nancy Burton, 203-938-3952, NancyBurtonCT(at)aol.com

SUBJECT (10 words or less): CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN TO STOP INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RELICENSING

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee):
An organization is being formed in Connecticut to join a New York State organization - PHASE I (“Public Health and Sustainable Energy”) - in efforts to oppose relicensing of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant reactors on the Hudson River. The Connecticut group will be known as “PHASE II” and will be a coalition of individuals, families and organizations. Nancy Burton is organizing this coalition.  Nancy is co-founder of the CT Campaign Against Millstone and was the 2006 Green candidate for Attorney General. The Fairfield chapter has already signed on as a member of PHASE II.

PROPOSAL (200 words or less):
The CT Green Party shall sign on as an organizational member of the coalition known as "Public Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE II)."


----- Original Message ----- 
From: NancyBurtonCT at aol.com 
To: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:06 PM
Subject: IP Sign-On Letter


JOIN THE CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN TO STOP INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RELICENSING

     An organization is being formed in Connecticut  to join a  New York State organization - PHASE I (“Public Health and Sustainable Energy”) - in efforts to oppose relicensing of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant reactors on the Hudson River in Buchanan, New York. The Connecticut group will be known as “PHASE II.” Each organization will be a coalition of individuals, families and organizations. 

     More than one million Connecticut residents live within 50 miles of Indian Point - and thus are deemed under federal law to be within the “peak injury zone” in the event of a catastrophic accident or terrorist event at the nuclear facility. Fairfield County is entirely within the 50-mile zone, as are the cities of New Haven and Waterbury and their environs. At a distance of only 16 miles, Greenwich is the CT community closest to Indian Point

     PHASE I and PHASE II will coordinate filing of intervention petitions in the proceedings which will soon be underway before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In addition, PHASE I and PHASE II will coordinate filings of legal “contentions” in which their expert witnesses will put forth technical and legal grounds why Indian Point’s two operating reactors should not be allowed to operate beyond their original 40-year licenses which expire in 2013 and 2015 for IP Units 2 and 3 respectively. IP’s owner, Entergy, is seeking 20-year license extensions.

     Indian Point is located 40 miles from Ground Zero in the most densely populated region of the country: 20 million people live within 50 miles of Indian Point. It is a risk to human populations, the environment and the very financial stability of the United States.

     A major accident at Indian Point would be catastrophic. It would devastate the entire Northeast. It would kill and injure hundreds of thousands of people and cause untold billions in property damages. Indian Point has been plagued with operational dysfunction and failures throughout its life. It is leaking tritium at a high rate into the groundwater. Health studies show that Fairfield County suffers cancer incidences 8 and 9 per cent above the U.S. rate for males and females. The highest cancer incidences are in the towns closest to Indian Point.

To date, 30 municipalities in New York, including four counties - Westchester, Rockland, Ulster and Hudson - have passed resolutions opposing IP relicensing. Over 400 elected officials in the metropolitan area, including 11 members of Congress, have called for the closure of Indian Point.

Go to www.IPSECinfo.org and www.Riverkeeper.org for more information.

Participation in PHASE II is at no cost to participants, although donations are welcome. To sign on, send an email to: NancyBurtonCT at aol.com. Or call 203-938-3952.
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