What is the latest on the emergency siren notification system?
A. The NRC has imposed a $130,000 fine on Indian Point for repeatedly failing to meet specific operational deadlines with regard to the installation of a new emergency notification system. The latest deadline is August 24, 2007. The new, state of the art, system includes a complete replacement of the computers and related software and 150 new sirens, each with a back-up battery, located within a 10-mile emergency planning zone (EPZ) that includes parts of Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange counties. Entergy publicly acknowledged that the older notification system, based on World War II vintage technology, was “unacceptable” after several highly publicized failures occurred during routine testing and, in once instance, during an electrical storm which knocked the sirens out for nearly six hours. Entergy told the NRC in a public meeting on Monday, July 9, that it expects too have the new system in operation by the committed August-24 due date. Q.
