BILL PASSES! No dumping in the Hudson. Bill heads to Hochul’s desk!
https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/06/10/breaking-bill-that-prohibits-the-dumping-of-radioactive-water-in-hudson-heads-to-governors-desk/ (THIS LINK GOES TO A 404) “Absent of the proposed New York law, the current authority and responsibility to regulate the effluent from these activities is split between two federal agencies, with the NRC regulating radioactive materials under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulating pollutants under the...
North Salem Officials Eye the Environment
By Carol Reif Published June 4, 2023 at 1:50 PM Last Updated June 4, 2023 at 1:50 PM NORTH SALEM, N.Y. – North Salem officials are supporting efforts to keep radioactive wastewater from being discharged from the now-defunct Indian Point nuclear power plant into the Hudson River. INDIAN POINT Holtec International, the company in charge of decommissioning...
Letter from WC BOL to Gov Hochul on Signing the Save the Hudson bill
Please see attached letter to Gov Hochul signed by all of the Westchester County legislators, calling on her to immediately sign the Save the Hudson bill. Ellen Weininger Director of Educational Outreach Grassroots Environmental Education 914-422-3141 www.grassrootsinfo.org
Tritated Update: Thank You George Latimer!
It’s not over yet. The bill banning dumping tritated water into the Hudson passed the legislature but is is not signed into law. Holtec now has given no indication that they will respect this bill when and if the Governor does sign it. There are amazing numbers of people, including lawyers, working on this from...
THANK YOU!! Next: Governor Hochul
Hi everyone, I know all of you already know we passed the Save the Hudson bill but I wanted to extend my thanks to everyone, particularly those who volunteered their time to make calls, send mass texts, come to lobby days, pack meetings, show up to rallies, table to build up the bill and meet...
Bill to prohibit dumping Tritium in the Hudson River passed!
The vote was 100 to 44, 6 legislators did not record a vote and 8 Dems voted against it. From: ‘Rebecca Martin via Stop Holtec The passage of the legislation in the senate and now in the assembly provides strong leverage against August/September releases. The ball is in Hochul’s court. It’s a single target for all of...
Letter to the Editor re: Oliver Stone’s movie
https://www.aspentimes.com/ Letter to the Editor about Oliver Stone’s movie. I wrote the following reply. Just could not help myself! Probably a lost cause, but you never know. Marilyn This letter is in response to Wendle Whiting’s letter about the new Oliver Stone movie. I live 4 miles from Indian Point and was actively involved in the effort to close the reactor. ...
Another Delay for New Unit at Vogtle Nuclear Plant
Georgia Power said commercial operation of the new Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle has been delayed for at least another month. The utility on June 16 said there’s a problem in the hydrogen system used to cool the main electrical generator. Unit 3, part of a two-reactor expansion at the plant near Waynesboro, Georgia, had...
Rally to Support Levenberg, June 16 plus DOB meeting Verplanck June 15.
The DOB meeting was right out of Energy’s play book from years ago. Workers were bussed in and given a buffet dinner. The outside door was locked and we could not go in to the meeting room. When a protest was raised that some people were already inside we were told that was different –...
NEED HELP! URGENT ACTION to STOP Holtec from dumping radioactive waste into the Hudson River.
ALL HANDS ON DECK TO TAKE 2 URGENT ACTION STEPS:#1. URGENT ACTION to keep calling Assembly Speaker Heastie (toll-free) 855-969-5613 or 518-455-3791 and tell him to bring the Save the Hudson bill – Assembly Bill A.7208 to the floor for a vote to prohibit discharging radioactive waste into the Hudson River in order to protect our children, our communities,...
Rolison Bill to Prohibit Hudson River Dumping
ALBANY – State Senator Rob Rolison (39th District) released a statement following the upper chamber’s unanimous passage of S.6893, his co-sponsored bipartisan legislation which would make it unlawful to discharge any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant. The bill passed 62-0.Holtec, the company involved in Indian...
The dangerous business of dismantling America’s aging nuclear plants
FORKED RIVER, N.J. — The new owner took over the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in 2019, promising to dismantle one of the nation’s oldest nuclear plants at minimal cost and in record time. Then came a series of worrisome accidents. One worker was struck by a 100-ton metal reactor dome. Another was splashed with...
