The Indian Point nuclear power plant, located in Westchester County just 30 miles north of New York City, has been a target of environmentalists since it first opened in 1974. An irrational distrust of nuclear power has motivated opponents to declare it an unacceptable risk and call for its closure-despite the power plant’s overwhelming safety record.
Category: Natural Resources Defense Council
New York State will shut down its dangerously placed Indian Point nuclear plant.
… reactors. Indian Point sits in an especially precarious spot: right by the Hudson River in suburban Westchester County, near an active fault line , and uncomfortably close to some 20 million people in three states. It’s a glaring target for …