Cuomo to announce closure of Indian Point

[hrmjustin]

DAVID GIAMBUSSO and MARIE J. FRENCH


Andrew Cuomo will unveil a deal to shutter the Indian Point nuclear plant by as soon as 2020, the New York Times reported and one source confirmed to POLITICO New York.

Cuomo has repeatedly called for Indian Point, based in Westchester County, to be shut down, citing its proximity to New York City and what he views as a poor safety record. The state has challenged the plant’s license renewal with federal agencies and sought to use other administrative tools to block its continued operation.

Indian Point’s current licenses expired in 2013 and 2015. The two reactor units can continue to operate as long as the relicensing process continues. Entergy, which owns the plant, has applied to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the license for 20 years.


http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/01/sources-cuomo-to-announce-closure-of-indian-point-108520

[riversedge]

1. Good luck.

[democratisphere]

2. US needs Nuclear power generation as part of its total power

generation mix.

[shenmue]

3. Says who?

Does it need power plant meltdowns?

Can you say Chernobyl?

How about Pripyat?

[shraby]

4. Indian Point is on a geological fault line. Not good for a plant like that to be subject

to earthquakes is it?