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NRC meeting on Algonquin Pipeline
July 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 – 2:00 pm
Details: Press conference hosted by Assemblywoman Sandy Galef followed by presentation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Petition Review Board on siting of Spectra AIM pipeline adjacent to Indian Point. Spectra has received permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a new 42 inch diameter, high pressure gas pipeline in very close proximity to vital structures at the Indian Point nuclear power plant as part of the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project. Paul Blanch, a nuclear expert, and Rick Kuprewicz, a pipeline safety expert, will reveal that a risk assessment used as the basis for approval of the AIM project must be negated because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission knowingly used erroneous information, not based on sound science, to improperly evaluate the plant’s ability to achieve failsafe shutdown in the event of a pipeline rupture.
Location: Hendrick Hudson Public Library, 185 Kings Ferry Rd, Montrose, NY 10548. This is a handicapped-accessible location.
Website: SierraLowerHudson.org