Gov. Cuomo takes strong strand against Indian Points' license extension

The New York Times reports that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is standing strong in his long-time resistance to a 20 year license extension at Indian Point. Although the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sole authority to regulate nuclear power on health and safety matters, states do retain the right to not approve other needed permits -- as for water discharge into the Hudson. New York State is requiring Entergy to install cooling towers if Indian Point is to operate past 2013-2015, which would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Entergy's Vermont Yankee has also been denied a license extension by the State of Vermont, and Pilgrim Watch has kept alive its resistance to Pilgrim's license extension in the NRC licensing proceeding for well over five years now.