STATE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN RELEASE OF WASTE IN HUDSON

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State Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Release of Waste in Hudson--March 2, 2023 Rick Pezzullo 

State Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg have introduced legislation that will prohibit the discharge of any radiological agent any waterbodies in New York State.

The proposed legislation was initiated when plans were announced by Holtec to release radioactive wastewater from the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear power plant into the Hudson River.

Past owners of the Indian Point Energy Center, which opened in 1962, had been releasing radioactive wastewater into the Hudson for decades. Through federal, state and local investments and actions, the river is considered much cleaner today than it once was.

“After decades of tremendous efforts to clean up the Hudson River, the idea of anyone dumping radioactive water into this estuary, the economic lifeblood of our region, is simply outrageous,” Harckham remarked. “No person, corporation or government has the right to recklessly pollute New York State’s waters, and the mere idea that this is being contemplated is troubling. MORE AT Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Release of Waste in Hudson (theexaminernews.com)

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Please register your support of this bill through Senator Harckham's website https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/pete-harckham/harckham-and-levenberg-introduce-bill-ban-release-radioactive