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Friday
Apr302021

INDIAN POINT 3 -- Shut down for good!

 

Indian Point nuclear power plant on th eHudson River just north of New York City, NRC file photoThe Indian Point (IP) Unit 3 atomic reactor on the Hudson River near New York City (photo, left) will permanently close by April 30! The good news is that once the irradiated nuclear fuel is removed, a reactor core meltdown is no longer possible. Also, no more radioactive waste will be generated. But plenty of radioactive waste already exists, and the site is severely radioactively contaminated.
Shut Down Indian Point Now has organized an online event on Friday, April 30, at 7:30pm Eastern, to mark this very hard won victory. Beyond Nuclear joined with Clearwater to call for congressional hearings into Holtec's takeover, from Entergy, of the IP site, and NRC's dangerous dereliction of duty vis-a-vis decommissioning.

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