BUCHANAN – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that the Indian Point nuclear power plants effectively implemented and maintained continued radiological monitoring of groundwater conditions.

The NRC said Entergy’s monitoring conformed with NRC regulatory requirements “relative to the maintenance of public health and safety, and protection of the environment,” according to Darrell Roberts, director of the NRC Division of Reactor Safety, in a letter to Entergy.

NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said the review process is ongoing. “We found that overall, the company’s long-term groundwater monitoring program for Indian Point was effectively implemented and it being maintained in a manner that will provide continual radiological monitoring of the groundwater contamination at the site,” he said.

The purpose of this most recent inspection was to assess the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of the long-term monitoring program; review the circumstances surrounding a previously identified occurrence involving the detection of tritated water in a Unit 3 storm drain system; review the performance of the site’s radiation monitoring system; and inspect and assess the performance relative to radiological effluents monitoring and control, according to the NRC official’s letter to Entergy.