A lot of people who strongly support us have made that statement in a tough political environment. We find that to be a supportive statement from the standpoint that the challenges for replacing Indian Point are such that replacing it is unrealistic.
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 appreciate the anger. We're not any happier than they are.
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.
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.
We made some changes in the software and made sure we wouldn't have a situation where so much input and data came in so quickly. That apparently was successful in addressing the problems.
Perhaps an assessment, given Indian Point's recent media attention, will clarify for the public that Indian Point is being operated safely.
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.
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