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When Indian Point Closes: A Regional Forum on Workforce Transition November 3, 2017 Michael P. Dulong Staff Attorney – Riverkeeper, Inc.

Age Oyster Creek Indian Point  Oldest operating nuclear  Slightly younger than Oyster plant in the U.S. Creek  Single unit completed in  IP1 completed in 1962 (now 1969 in SAFSTOR)  Flawed Mark 1 design  IP2 completed in 1974  IP3 completed in 1976

Size & Generating Capacity Oyster Creek Indian Point  Single 673 MW reactor  Two reactors produce 2,000 MW  662 MGD intake  2,420 MGD intake  ~700 Acre Plot  ~224-Acre Plot  Roughly 550 workers  Over 1,000 workers  Local taxes and fees  Taxes and payments estimated at estimated at $13.5 million $30 million

Location Oyster Creek Indian Point

Groundwater Contamination Oyster Creek Indian Point  Plumes of contamination leaching towards and into the Hudson River:  Tritium  Strontium-90  Cesium-137  Cobalt-60  Nickel-63

Safety Concerns Oyster Creek Indian Point  Electromatic relief valve  Baffle bolts impaired failure  Malfunctioning O-rings  Emergency generator cooling  Transformer explosions, fires, fan malfunction and oil spills  Sand bed region of drywell  No legitimate evacuation plan liner corroded

Closure Agreement Background Indian Point Oyster Creek  Permitting fights at end of  Permitting fights: Governor Corzine’s tenure:  State to deny 401 Water Quality Certification and  State to require closed-cycle Coastal Consistency cooling system Determination  Chris Christie brokered deal  Deal struck in early 2017 to to keep status quo for 10 years close IP2 in 2020 and IP3 in  Exelon has agreed in writing 2021 to close plant in 2019

Agreement Terms Oyster Creek Indian Point  Operation:  Operation: 10 yrs (2019)  IP2: 3 yrs (2020)  Environmental Fund:  IP3 4 yrs (2021) $1 million  Community Fund: $15 million  PSDAR must be filed in 2018  PSDAR must be filed 2 years  No agreement for spent after closure nuclear waste transfer to dry  Transfer of 4 dry casks per cask storage year of spent nuclear waste  No requirement to begin  Requirement to commence decommissioning decommissioning “as soon as reasonably practicable”

Transition Oyster Creek Indian Point  Advisory Panel on safety only,  Task Force on replacement not economic concerns energy, safety, and economic  No measures for workers issues  Push for natural gas  Task force members meeting replacement plant (30 jobs) with union leaders and  Hope for immediate individual workers decommissioning  Site reuse study  Working towards zoning plan  Development initiatives to spur economic growth  $1.7 billion fund (three  $750 million fund (one reactors) reactor)

Thank you! Michael Dulong Staff Attorney Riverkeeper, Inc. 78 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 914.422.4133