FBI Completes Security Review at Indian Point

BUCHANAN-While a grassroots effort has been launched to shut down the Indian Point nuclear power plant complex due to security concerns, the New York State Office of Public Security reported Thursday that the FBI has submitted its recommendations on bolstering security at the complex to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the plant owner Entergy, and the state.

“We have worked diligently with federal and state counter-terrorism experts to complete a top-to-bottom security assessment at Indian Point,” says James Kallstrom, director of the New York State Office of Public Security. “At the onset of the review, based on my experience with the FBI, I believed the security at the plant was robust, and our findings do not suggest otherwise. However, we have advanced a series of recommendations to bolster the overall security in light of the events of Sept. 11.”

The plant owner, Entergy has already begun to implement a majority of the safety measures recommended in the report, according to Kallstrom, who was formerly the head of the FBI Office in New York City.