WOW...All Hands On Deck, Entergy Is Getting SMACKED DOWN by NRC

Picture Snapped While Smoking A Dubbie Out Behind The Plant

First, no need to tell me I've been derelict in my duties, but if you knew everything that was going on here on the grounds of Indian Point, you would be occupied with more important tasks as well. OK, and with it being summer, and Bar BQ season, it's just a pain in the ass to keep up a blog. Did I mention that our Pit Bull Matilda had babies?

To business. Those damn anti-nukers are really pissing us blue collar types off with all their filings and noise. Even worse, with a major NRC meeting with the public next week to explain the relicensing process, we have problems with our application! We tried to sneak a few things through, and were successful with some of them, but the NRC has just issued a letter calling us on the carpet for some of the others. Holy Fisting Jesus, they (NRC) are supposed to be on our side in this battle.

At least they are not forcing us to properly inspect the reactor domes and steel containment. Seriously, I am worried about all that rust, not to mention the spray nozzles. As it is, we are having to sneak some workers in when the inspectors are not about to tidy up a few messes and spills that could get ugly if found out. God forbide that word gets out to the Green Nuclear Butterfly! We all thought it would fade away after a couple months, but that bastard was at Clearwater this weekend causing some serious problems for us. He is getting allies, and that is not good news.

On the good news front...the NRC seems prepared to let us slide on the known problems with plate B2803 in reactor 3 which is failing badly. Having to submit a safety analysis for this serious problem would not be in the best interest of our relicense application. If that plate goes, we are talking serious Chernobyl here folks, and we all know it...HELL, that why most of us have moved our families so far North into Dutchess county. We don't want to be anywhere close to the critical fall out zone when there is a major incident, let alone having terrorists attack the plant, because God knows our security would be overwhelmed in less than five minutes.

Bottom line...with this latest NRC letter, the opposition is going to be chomping at the bit come June 27th, so we need all hands on deck for this meeting. Whatever we do, we have to avoid Green Nuclear Butterfly's table, even if they are giving out really cool cans of Radioactive Energy Drink.

Reactor Side Keg Party

Explosions, problems with our water intake system, and the NRC breathing down our neck about the sirens not being ready on time has all of us in pretty low spirits this weekend, so a few of us boys decided it was time for a party. Nothing warms the heart more than a Keg party beside the blue light of the reactor's core.

Couple of big old kegs of Pabst Blue Ribbon, some music to dance by, and with all of us in our yellow suits, well it almost brings tears to the eyes. That's what people don't understand about us, we are FAMILY here at Indian Point. Sure, the cancer rates among us can be tough at times, and its hard to ignore some of the birth defects in reactor babies, then of course that dang murder/suicide really knocked us for a loop, but Indian Point is our home.

Sure, the reactors have some serious problems, but so does my pick up truck, but I am not about to have her hauled to the junk yard just because she's burning oil, and second gear is gone. A little bit of TLC, and I might just get 200,000 miles out of the old gal. The leaking fuel pools are a problem, but we check the Folgers coffee cans every day so they don't over flow to badly. The tritium and strontium 90 that is contaminating the Hudson? I am sorry, but that is one of those red herrings you hear about. With all the water moving down the Hudson, anything we dump into the river is diluted! Even Neil Sheehan gave us that one.

While we are being honest, it's true...we cannot stop a terrorist attack if one comes our way, but DAMMIT, such an event is not very likely, and we have 1500 jobs at stake here! All those millions of selfish people complaining about the risks and financial loss if an attack were to occur, and not one thought given to those of us who would be out of a job if Indian Point is not relicensed. Think about it this way...New Orleans dodged a bullet for several decades before Hurricane Katrina hit, and we are only asking you to risk two lousy decades. Why can't the public see that, and take a gamble for us, for our families? Sure, if we are wrong, there could be trillions of dollars in damages, but what if we guessed right, and nothing happens for another 20 years?

If just once some of you folks joined us for skinny dipping in the spent fuel pools, you'd understand us better, maybe even come to like the tingling sensation of irradiated water on your skin. Go for a walk through the facility, stop in the control room to listen to the ever present sounds of whistles and alarms, the gentle buzz constantly in your ears, then walk on up to the reactor Dome, and join us for a beer. We are all family here at Indian Point, and Entergy would welcome all of you with open hearts, and arm in arm we can all march into a wonderful GREEN Nuclear Tomorrow.