[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4891 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4891

To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an Independent 
       Safety Assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2006

 Mr. Hinchey (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Engel, and Mrs. 
    Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an Independent 
       Safety Assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INDEPENDENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall transmit to the Congress a 
report containing the results of--
            (1) a focused, in-depth Independent Safety Assessment of 
        the design, construction, maintenance, and operational safety 
        performance of the systems at the Indian Point Nuclear Power 
        Plant, Reactors 2 and 3, located in Westchester County, New 
        York, including the systems described in section 2; and
            (2) a comprehensive evaluation of the radiological 
        emergency plan for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 2 
        and 3, conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
        Department of Homeland Security, which shall include--
                    (A) a detailed explanation of the factual basis 
                upon which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
                Federal Emergency Management Agency relied in--
                            (i) approving the radiological emergency 
                        plan; and
                            (ii) making subsequent annual findings of 
                        reasonable assurance that the plan will 
                        adequately protect the public in the event of 
                        an emergency,
                beginning on July 25, 2003 and continuing to the 
                present; and
                    (B) a detailed response to each of the criticisms 
                of the radiological emergency plan contained in the 
                Review of Emergency Preparedness of Areas Adjacent to 
                Indian Point and Millstone, published by James Lee Witt 
                Associates on January 10, 2003.

SEC. 2. SYSTEMS.

    The systems referred to in section 1(1) are the following:
            (1) The reactor protection system.
            (2) The control room ventilation system and the containment 
        ventilation system.
            (3) The 4.16 kv electrical system.
            (4) The condensate system.
            (5) The spent fuel storage system.

SEC. 3. INDEPENDENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT MODEL.

    The Independent Safety Assessment conducted at Indian Point Nuclear 
Power Plant shall be equal in depth and breadth to the Independent 
Safety Assessment of the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, located near 
Bath, Maine, conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1996.
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