MILLSTONE
INDIAN POINT
NY reactor shut down after pumps fail
Greenwich TIME
Updated 8:01 pm, Wednesday, February 13, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — A nuclear reactor in the New York suburbs has been shut
down because two pumps that
send water from a drain tank to the steam generators stopped working.
The plant's owner said Wednesday the shutdown of Indian Point 2 went
safely. They said there were no injuries
and no release of radioactivity.
The pumps are located on the non-nuclear side of the plant. Officials
say they are investigating why the pumps
stopped operating
Plant owner Entergy Nuclear said Indian Point 3, the other reactor at
the plant in Buchanan, is currently operating
at full power.
Entergy is seeking new 20-year licenses for the reactors, which the
state and some environmental groups oppose.
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LWV of Greenwich program -
YouTubed: http://www.lwvg.org/
Read here a report
from reliable group, 2011, received from LWV of Greenwich.
More informational links - from the present Att'yGeneral and the previous one.
Weston
LWV looking into
significance for Weston of Indian Point
repermitting - news story below:.
Indian Point: Still safe
NYPOST
Last Updated: 11:11 PM, May 17, 2012
Posted: 10:35 PM, May 17, 2012
Another year, another Nuclear
Regulatory Commission safety inspection passed with flying colors by
Indian Point.
So will this finally silence the
“shut it down” crowd — starting with Gov. Cuomo, who says his mantra
“has always
been ‘safety first’?”
Don’t hold your breath. The
NRC’s annual report card on the safety of nuclear plants around the
country gave
Indian Point yet another thumbs
up. Yes, some 25 issues need attention.
But the NRC’s regional administrator,
Bill Dean, said they were all deemed “very low risk” or of “very low
safety
significance.”
Indian Point’s 2,062 megawatts
provide 12 percent of New York state’s power — 30 percent for the city
and
Westchester. There is no way to
replace that juice — itself barely sufficient — either quickly or
affordably. And
certainly not both. Not to
mention the 1,300 jobs and $800 million for the local economy the plant
provides.
But safety first, as the governor
says. And the verdict is in: Indian Point is safe.
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FALL CONFERENCE 2012 SELL-OUT CROWD!!! For more pictures, click here...
SHEEP AND COMING HURRICANE
SANDY...
Lots of people and animals at the
Trumbull Ag School Oct. 27! Fall Conference
shows LWV not chicken, either.
- - - - - - - -
FALL
CONFERENCE 2011 picture story...
CABLEVISION
supported this event, came with reporter.
Quick link
to complete video.
Keynote speaker
CT
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development Catherine Smith with
new slides and a
spectacular and inspiring presentation of where Connecticut is and
where we have to go - and how!
Panel
Christopher Bruhl, President, Business Council of Fairfield County
Joseph Carbone, President and CEO of The WorkPlace
Hon. Martin Looney, CT State Senator, Majority Leader and Co-Chair of
Jobs Growth Roundtable
Michael Meotti, Executive VP for the Board of Regents for Higher
Education
Moderator
Kay Maxwell, former President, LWVUS
Co-Sponsored by the UCONN West Hartford campus School of Social Work
This is not the first Fall Conference on a related subject - link here to Fairfield
League's report from 1999
LWV of Weston videotaped this event.
online version link below..
2 hours 32 minutes
Best viewed with
Internet Explorer, which will automatically open Windows Media Player
and
begin playback without waiting for the large download to
complete.
For Cable and DSL users:
http://www.lwvweston.org/LWVCT12-3-11CableVersion.wmv
(381 Megabytes)
For Dial-up Modem users: http://www.lwvweston.org/LWVCT12-3-11ModemVersion.wmv
(58 Megabytes)
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2011 VOTER SERVICE
- LOCAL ELECTION REPORTS
LINK TO LWV OF WESTON 2011 VOTERS GUIDE AS
PUBLISHED IN THE FORUM
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IN HARTFORD...WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2013?
LEGISLATURE ACTS ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE!!!
Background:
WITT
link; Weston LWV "Forum on Demand" story
here.
ONLINE
SPECIAL EVENT STILL PHOTOS AND STORY
Before
the voting by unions
(rejecting give-back deal), but after Long Session ended, the LWV of
Weston
held its VIDEOTAPED Legislative
Wrap Up 2011;
Center, Connecticut logo from
previous era.
AT
LEFT...SPECIAL
SESSION OVER NOW: "What happened?" League asks legislators
Cities
and towns winners, unions losers; Senate votes to curtail
benefits in future; but wait...
SEBAC (unions) changes rules for a
re-vote - simple majority only now required.
HOUSE BILL PASSES IN BOTH CHAMBERS:
AN ACT CONCERNING THE BUDGET FOR THE
BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2013.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6701&which_year=2011
SENATE
BILL ON CURTAILING BENEFITS PASSES, NOT TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSE
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1301&which_year=2011
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"WHEN
WOMEN RUN, WE
CHANGE THE
WORLD"
Go
direct to watch Patricia Russo's address (Women's Campaign School at
Yale):
http://www.lwvweston.org/LWVAnnualMtg5-11-12.wmv
2012 Betty Hill Forum
XIII picture story
here
Annual Meeting, Weston LWV 10AM, The Red Barn, Friday, May 11,
2012
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Friday May 6 - LWV
of Weston Annual Meeting at Red Barn; Betty Hill International
Forum 2011 REPORT
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REFERENDUM STORY HERE (Budgets, YES, YES; NO
on Cemetery)
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SPEAK
UP 2012 VIDEO
LINKS:
1 hour 44
minutes 25 seconds
THREE STORIES INSPIRED BY SPEAK UP IN
THE FORUM
SPEAK UP
2012 photo essay
Thoughtfull questioning on Legislative
Session (l) and FORUM-anointed hottest subject, Humvees (r)
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Bravo
LWVCT - it was a was a great event!!!
Click here for more.
THE BIG FINALE! VIDEO
ONLINE
HERE
A rousing performance and sing along
to "Pride and the Passion" in honor of the League of Women Voters
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LWVCT
COUNCIL 2012 REPORT HERE
Saturday,
June 2, 2012
Hamden Clarion Hotel and Suites
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LWVCT CONVENTION 2011
REPORT
HERE
Saturday May 21, 2011
LWVCT Convention
At the Graduate Club, in New
Haven
LWVCT CONVENTION: Luncheon at
left; afternoon Plenary Session at right
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Video
now online here
FALL CONFERENCE 2010 LOCATION
South Congregational Church not a sponsor.
LWVCT
FALL
CONFERENCE 2010
One
Year Later: Health
Care in Our Country and Our
State
Interesting
sidelight:
health care issue in today's news: http://www.ctmirror.org/print/14673
A SUMMARY OF THE FALL CONFERENCE
2010:
The presenters were Jacob S. Hacker, the Stanley B. Resor
Professor of Political Science at Yale University and
Kevin Lembo, Comptroller-Elect, who had held the position of state
Health Care Advocate and was co-chair of
the SustiNet Health Partnership Board of Directors. Kay Maxwell, Former LWVUS president,
moderated.
Professor
Hacker discussed the future of health care reform on the federal
level and what that would mean for
Connecticut. He has written an excellent book about all of this,
which was available.
Mr.
Lembo, Comptroller-elect, described SustiNet and informed the audience
about the
specifics of the SustiNet
Board’s upcoming recommendations to the General Assembly for
implementation.
The
responders were Stephen Glick of the Chamber Insurance Trust and
Frances Padilla, the VP Program, Policy
and Administration for the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT
(the organization that helped design SustiNet).
Written questions were collected from the audience during the
presentations and submitted to Kay Maxwell. The
entire conference was video recorded; DVDs will be distributed to
local leagues.
Link
here to
more background info and a video of the event
Want a DVD?
Click
here for
news of how to obtain one!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
- full story
here.
“The league has fought for 90 years to improve our system of
representative government and impact public policies
through citizen
education and advocacy,” said Helen Z. Pearl, president of the New
Britain area League of Women
Voters and a founding commissioner of the
PCSW.
NEW
TOWN PLAN NEWS HERE
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LWV
OF WESTON, CONNECTICUT -
PUBLICATIONS:
NEW CHARTER
DOCUMENT SOON?
NEW for 2012 is Know Your Town Directory,
available at online here or on
the Town of Weston Website...
WESTON
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Numbered prints by Mary O'Reilly Sowinski for
sale
(some
still left!) depict Weston in 1979!
Notecards
commissioned by LWV of Weston available from the League;
- Test your knowledge of Weston...what is depicted in
the print above?
- Is this scene still there?
- Why is this view of particular importance for
Westonites?
With
the
economy turnng down, this was a very important forum:
"MUNICIPAL SHARED SERVICE: THE
ROAD AHEAD"
A
Symposium Presented by:
- The Connecticut
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
- The Connecticut
Office of Policy and Management
- The League of
Women Voters of Connecticut
October
30, 2007, 7:45am-12:30pm
Central
Connecticut State
University, Student Center, Alumni Complex
Watch the
condensed version here:
Take a tour of the
Capitol with
official
League Guides--"Capitol
and Information Tours" (C.I.T.)
