美國紐約州官員3日針對位於哈德遜河的印第安角核電廠重新換照營運進行抗爭。紐約州官員與核子管制委員會共同提出的文件中，指出Entergy核能公司重新申請印第安角核電廠營運執照可能引發的危險缺失，例如恐怖攻擊、地震、疏散計劃，以及周遭人口居住密度。
但Entergy公司反駁，捨棄印第安角這種低廢氣排放能源，等於提高了對化石燃料發電廠的依賴，進而增加20%的二氧化碳、19%的氧化亞氮和11%的二氧化硫排放量。
印第安角核電廠的決議影響相當廣泛，畢竟Entergy核能公司是美國核能產業中，最大的認證營運公司和除役服務供應商。由3位行政法官組成的核子安全認證委員會，將在2008年3月決議是否接受紐約州所提交的干預申請書。
New York state officials took their battle against relicensing of the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson River to another level today.
The papers filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, identify dangerous deficiencies in Entergy's relicensing application for Indian Point related to terrorism, earthquakes, evacuation plans, and the surrounding population density.
Replacing Indian Point's emission free power would mean a greater reliance on fossil-fuel burning plants, countered the company, "leading to a 20 percent rise in carbon dioxide emissions, a 19 percent jump in nitrous oxide emissions combined with an 11 percent hike in sulfur dioxide emissions."
The Indian Point decision could have far-reaching effects since the nuclear branch of the corporation, Entergy Nuclear, is the nation's largest provider of license renewal and decommissioning services to the nuclear power industry.
The Atomic Safety Licensing Board, a panel of three administrative law judges, is expected to decide in March 2008 on whether to grant or deny the petition for intervention submitted today by the state of New York.
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