Power Plant Cases

Paul Gallay, Executive Director & Hudson Riverkeeper and environmental attorney Reed Super talk about how power plants using once-through cooling technology to cool their turbines and produce electricity are destroying the Hudson River's fish and aquatic life in this important new video.

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The annual assessment meeting held on June 2 for Indian Point 2 and 3 drew its largest crowd ever as nearly 500 concerned citizens let the NRC know that the agency's business as usual review and rubber stamping of the plant's relicensing will not be tolerated.

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Hundreds to rally to make sure NRC, local elected officials hear concerns following the Fukushima nuclear disaster A coalition of environmental and citizens’ groups will hold a press conference today in Cortlandt Manor, NY to announce an action plan to close Indian Point prior to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) 2010 annual safety performance assessment meeting for the plant. The groups will be joined by hundreds of New Yorkers and area residents eager to use the last public forum before the Indian Point relicensing hearing in the fall to […]

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On May 13 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published its report of Indian Point’s readiness to deal with accident and fire scenarios post – Fukushima, and found significant gaps that Riverkeeper believes must be addressed immediately.

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