Jim Steets Quotes (16 Quotes)

Entergy has repeatedly demonstrated that it meets or exceeds safety and security regulations at Indian Point in several comprehensive assessments conducted by federal and local agencies. New York residents would be better served if these elected officials actually read the assessments, rather than waste tax dollars on new unwarranted assessments to mollify the extreme elements of their constituencies that oppose nuclear power.

It's a quarterly test, full volume, of all the sirens, but it's also the activations system. Our last test demonstrated that the sirens operated well. We hope we'll get the same or better results and we'll continue with the tests until the system is replaced.

We've provided information to the appropriate state and federal agencies.

You don't want to lose any water in the pool. But a lot of the things we deal with every day are dangerous. What's important is knowing how to deal with them.

It's like in Monopoly, when you get a bank error in your favor. We don't get them often.

It's what we call service water. It's river water. It keeps the motors cool. It comes in and goes out. It doesn't even need to be treated.

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.

We appreciate the anger. We're not any happier than they are.

It's a sign that we are supportive of the attorney general and a clear indication of the regard ENPAC members have for the attorney general.

What we may learn from this is that boxing (the electrical switch) is appropriate, or that we need to take extra steps next time there's scaffolding put up. We're erecting scaffolding all the time and we have done it in this location without incident.

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'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.

Perhaps an assessment, given Indian Point's recent media attention, will clarify for the public that Indian Point is being operated safely.

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.

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.

The pumps were never in danger. It's a small leak that a worker noticed and reported, and everybody took the right steps.