When they blasted the bedrock in the late 1960s to early 1970s for the construction of various facilities, they created seams. Do they know exactly where those seams are? I don't think they do, but the seams created flow paths toward the river.
It's like in Monopoly, when you get a bank error in your favor. We don't get them often.
There's no cover over the switch because it's 10 feet off the ground. It was an accident. We could be back up in a couple of days.
We're gaining confidence in the belief that the source (of the leak) is the pool. We don't believe it's a bigger problem down the road, but we're not done. We have about a dozen more wells to dig.
The pumps were never in danger. It's a small leak that a worker noticed and reported, and everybody took the right steps.
In the old days, they weren't structured to respond as quickly as they are now. Once we knew for sure there were no equipment malfunctions, we could begin the process of restarting.
We rotate shutting down (the plants) from year to year. We ran a shorter cycle for Indian Point 2 this time so that both plants are now done in the spring.
We've incorporated lessons learned from exercises and events from across the country. This plan has been tested like no other nuclear plan has been tested and has demonstrated its effectiveness.
Clearly, these are different findings than we've seen, but they're not near any drinking water supplies. It still remains that there's no public health threat here.
We appreciate the anger. We're not any happier than they are.
