Concern remains high over Holtec’s plans to dump millions of gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River, they say within state and federal guidelines. Holtec is doing the cleanup following the closure of the Indian Point Nuclear Power plants in Westchester. In April, the company did back off their accelerated plans to start that process in May, rather than in August. Holtec Director of Government Relations Pat O’Brien was a guest on “Tough Times with Lou Young” here on WRCR on Saturday, and said Holtec’s there are other options…
O’Brien said another option would be to truck the waste to a disposal area some 2,000 miles away though there is risk with that as well. Rockland Congressman Mike Lawler of the 17th District, said the government is working with Holtec to perhaps figure out the best alternatives to dumping…
Mike Wilson of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland is the host of “The Storm Water Consortium” also heard here on WRCR, and he said last week he’d also like to see a different solution…
A bill sponsored by area state Senator Pete Harckham designed to prevent the dumping of radioactive water into the Hudson River unanimously passed the Senate, but the bill did not come up for a vote in the Assembly before the session ended Saturday. Members of the Assembly have reportedly been told they may need to return to Albany later this month for unfinished business.