What’s Really Behind the Indian Point Nuclear Deal?

There was general celebration among sensible-thinking people on January 9 when New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed a deal that would see the twin reactors at the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station in Buchanan, NY, close by 2021. Indian Point, on the shores of the Hudson River, has been plagued by safety problems for years, sits on two fault lines - putting it at high risk of earthquake - and was identified as a potential target by the 9/11 attackers who flew over the plant while taking flight training lessons.

Deal made to shut down Indian Point power plant

This Dec. 16, 2009, file photo, shows the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y., as seen from across the Hudson River in Tomkins Cove, N.Y. The aging facility just north of New York City will close by April 2021 under a deal with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby.