A new report by Scenic Hudson has found that General Electric s contamination of the Hudson River with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) will cost more than $11 billion to clean up.The commissioned study, released on Tuesday, April 12, estim…
The Indian Point nuclear plant was shut down on April 30. (File photo by B. Cronin)
It was supposed to usher in a golden age for nuclear power in New York, and initially had little opposition. But eventually a network of environmental groups as well as everyday citizens who were wary of nuclear power in the wake of Three Mile Island, and then Chernobyl, turned against it. The public questioned the wisdom of building a nuclear power plant so close to New York City. Activists led protests, serenaded by folk singer Pete Seeger, a resident of Beacon. The evacuation plan the plant created was deemed to be unrealistic, and state officials refused to certify it. Finally, after many tumultuous years, Gov. Cuomo announced the decommissioning of the plant.