Thursday, January 18, 2024

THE CROTON CHRONICLE---WHAT'S NEXT AT INDIAN POINT?

At a Webinar last week, representatives of the local environmental group Riverkeeper presented their critique of Holtec's decommissioning activities and their vision for what should happen next.

MICHAEL BALTER--JAN 18, 2024

When it comes to the Indian Point nuclear power complex in Buchanan, the variety of opinion is stretched about as wide as can be. Some would argue that the nuclear plants should never have been built, and that the Indian Point Amusement Park, which preceded it, should have been maintained as a recreational spot in perpetuity. As support for their position, nuclear opponents cite a history of safety problems at the complex, the fairly recent discovery of an an earthquake fault that passes just a mile north of Indian Point, along with more general fears about nuclear safety worldwide (especially after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.) READ MORE AT What's next at Indian Point? - by Michael Balter (substack.com)

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