II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 649 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 15, 2007 Mrs. Clinton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.

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Independent safety assessment

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall submit to 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 the 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 on which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency relied (during the period beginning on July 25, 2003, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act) in— (i)approving the radiological emergency plan; and (ii)making subsequent annual findings of reasonable assurance that the plan would adequately protect the public in the event of an emergency; 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.

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Systems

The systems referred to in section 1(1) are— (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; and (5)the spent fuel storage system.

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Independent safety assessment model

The independent safety assessment conducted at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant under this Act 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 during 1996.