Power Plant Cases

For almost a decade, Riverkeeper has been fighting to close Indian Point and we have worked with Governor Andrew Cuomo on this effort since 2007 when he was Attorney General. We appreciate and support the Governor’s initiative in calling for an immediate review of Indian Point by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the urgency he has demonstrated by arranging a meeting with the agency on such quick notice.

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Riverkeeper supports the Attorney General’s call for an immediate assessment of “all public health and safety risks that earthquakes pose to this facility” before any decision is made by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission whether to renew Indian Point’s licenses. We commend the Attorney General’s office for taking the lead raising the issue of earthquake risk at Indian Point with the NRC from the outset of the relicensing proceeding in 2007. The AG’s concerns were further supported by the 2008 Columbia University/Lamont Doherty seismologists’ study and new information from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), both of which described increased seismic activity and the discovery of a previously unknown fault next to Indian Point.

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