BUCHANAN - Entergy Nuclear Operations Monday said it would “aggressively and thoroughly” implement the independent safety evaluation panel's recommendations for achieving and maintaining a higher level of excellence in the key areas of safety, security, and emergency preparedness at the Indian Point Energy Center.

The panel this summer said Indian Point is a safe plant.

The company, though, said it will carry through on a number of the panel's suggestions, said spokesman Jerry Nappi.

“There is a host of recommendations that the panel made in regard to nuclear safety, security, our emergency preparedness, and how we interact with stakeholders and with the public,” he said. Some of the recommendations have begun, Nappi said.

Entergy's response, available in full at the website www.safesecurevital.com, capped a review by a senior level management team specifically formed to study the panel's recommendations made public July 29.

Although Entergy funded the study, the panel had complete control over its budget, hired its own staff and was given complete and unfettered top to bottom access to Indian Point.