Plan to discharge water into #HudsonRiver from closed #NuclearPlant sparks uproar

The #IndianPoint nuclear plant along the Hudson River is at the center of a controversy two years after it was shut down

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press
June 20, 2023, 5:07 PM

"But opponents along the river question the health and safety claims. They say the releases of #radioactive water could be a step back for a once notoriously polluted river that is now a popular summer attraction for sailors, #kayakers and #swimmers.

"Communities along the river have already passed resolutions opposing the discharges, and an online petition has gathered more than 440,000 signatures. On Tuesday, a bill sponsored by two Hudson Valley Democrats that would ban #radiological discharges into the river was approved by state Assembly.

"'It leaves a bad taste in your mouth ... the idea that we would be polluting our beautiful Hudson River with waste when we’ve spent so many years trying to clean it up. This shouldn’t be a dumping ground,' Assembly member Dana Levenberg said at a state Capitol rally for her bill before the debate.

"The bill, approved by the state Senate earlier this month, is opposed by some labor officials, who say it could interrupt the decommissioning and cause layoffs.

"The bill will be sent to Gov. #KathyHochul, who has not said whether she supports the measure."

#WaterIsLife #WaterPollution #Nuclear

Read more:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/plan-discharge-water-hudson-river-closed-nuclear-plant-100255780

With thunder and lightning roiling over the #HudsonHighlands tonight across from West Point, I couldn't help recalling @jonathankruk's great Rip Van Winkle readings (thunder being the sound of giants bowling). Led me to a fabulous 1934 cartoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnHkC7LAT9k&t=120s
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RT @revkin
Back between the river and the rails, along the river that flows both ways. At the @GarrisonInst along the #hudsonriver to celebrate …
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1649875130221228035

Back between the river and the rails, along the river that flows both ways. At the @GarrisonInst along the #hudsonriver to celebrate the life of a wonderful musical friend felled far too soon by cancer. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649875130221228035

NY Senate Bill S5181

Prohibits the discharge of any radiological agent into the waters of the state

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5181

#NewYork #HudsonRiver #Holtec #Fukushima #TEPCO #NoNukeDumping #RadioactiveWater

KEEP PUTTING ON THE PRESSURE on #Japan/#TEPCO

#HudsonRiver Spared Radioactive Dump From Defunct NY Nuclear Plant

The plan to reportedly dump upwards of 1 million gallons into the Hudson River was scrapped this week after thunderous pushback

by NBC New York Staff and The AP, Published April 14, 202

“Following conversations with key state stakeholders, who wish to allow for additional public education, we have decided not to go forward with the planned discharge in early May,” the company's communications director, Patrick O'Brien, wrote to plant's decommissioning board on Thursday."
#NoNukes #NoDumping #Fukushima #FukushimaWater #IndianPoint #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #Holtec #HoltecLies #TEPCOLies

Read more:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/hudson-river-spared-from-radioactive-dump-at-defunct-ny-nuclear-plant/4241535/

Additional violations by #Holtec cited in #IndianPoint decommissioning

by Luke Dougherty, 4-4-2023

"In a March 2023 letter, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a notice sent to Holtec International, providing details of two additional violations during their decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Although these violations were rated low safety significance by the NRC, we believe all violations are significant because they expose weaknesses in Holtec’s management of the decommissioning.

"These violations include a failure by Holtec to identify overflows of radioactive liquids from storage tanks, and after identifying the spills, failing to test the radiological levels in required areas within the plant. These overflows were first discovered in the spring of 2022, but went unreported to the public until March of 2023 because #NRC inspections happen infrequently."
#HudsonRiver #HoltecLies #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #NoDumping

Read more:
https://www.riverkeeper.org/blogs/indian-point-blogs/additional-violations-by-holtec-cited-in-indian-point-decommissioning/

NIRS: "Indian Point Unit 1's spent fuel pool was known to be leaking since 1992, and leaks from the plant have been leaching into the river. The radioactive isotopes that have been identified include hydrogen-3 (tritium), strontium-90, cobalt-60, cesium-137, and nickel-63."

#NoNukes #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #NewYork #HudsonRiver #IndianPoint #HoltecLies #Holtec

PDF link:
https://www.nirs.org/wp-content/uploads/closeindianpoint/water-and-indianpoint.pdf

WHAT HOLTEC DOESN'T SPEND, IT GETS TO KEEP! A good reason for #Hotel to cut costs!!!

"Webster noted that, without state legislation, only federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have the authority to stop any release. The #EPA has put a hold on a Holtec plan to discharge radioactive water from the shuttered #PilgrimNuclear Power Plant in #Massachusetts into #CapeCod Bay until a third party can verify that the release would be safe.

The Pilgrim plant is one of two other nuclear power plants in the Northeast that Holtec is decommissioning; the other is #OysterCreek in #NewJersey. Last week, Holtec told the NRC that it would take four years longer than planned to finish decommissioning Pilgrim and Oyster Creek, citing inflation and 'poor market performance.' All three projects are being paid for by trust funds that were set up while the plants were in operation and funded by the public via their power bills. What Holtec doesn’t spend, it gets to keep."

#NoNukes #NewYork #HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #HudsonRiver #HudsonRiverWatershed #HudsonRiverValley #EPA #NRC

https://highlandscurrent.org/2023/04/07/holtec-says-it-will-discharge-indian-point-water-in-may/

What #Holtec isn't telling us is that the water contains more than just #Tritium and Boron... Lots of other radioactive "goodies," including Cobalt!

Holtec Says It Will Discharge #IndianPoint Water in May

By Brian PJ Cronin, April 7, 2023

"Holtec said that the water would be sampled, monitored and filtered before it was released, although it will still contain boron and tritium. That will leave 265,000 gallons in Unit 2, which has been emptied of spent fuel rods, and 310,000 gallons in Unit 3, which is scheduled to be emptied of rods by November. Unit 1’s wastewater was released into the river in 2009."

#NoNukes #NewYork #HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #HudsonRiver #HudsonRiverWatershed #HudsonRiverValley

Read more: https://highlandscurrent.org/2023/04/07/holtec-says-it-will-discharge-indian-point-water-in-may/

From 2016. The lovely folks running #IndianPoint never cared if #radioactive material polluted the #HudsonRiver. And now they want to dump more rad water?!!

‘Uncontrollable radioactive flow’ from Indian Point continues to contaminate the Hudson River

by Nicole Jewel, February 2016

"No matter where you live, 'uncontrollable radioactive flow' is not a phrase that you want to hear in relation to your local water source. Unfortunately for some towns located on the Hudson River, the Huffington Post reports that radioactive elements from the Indian Point nuclear power plant are most likely seeping right into the waterway and potentially contaminating the drinking water systems of several towns located along the river route."
#NoNukes #NewYork #HoltecLies #WaterIsLife

Read more: https://inhabitat.com/uncontrollable-radioactive-flow-from-indian-point-continues-to-contaminate-the-hudson-river/

Well, well, well -- guess what -- there's more than just #Tritium in that water -- just like with #Fukushima! #Corporations like #TEPCO and #Holtec LOVE to DOWNPLAY what's really in the water they want to dump!

#RocklandCounty Passes Resolution Against Dumping #RadioactiveWater in the #HudsonRiver; Second This Week

Published Mar 9, 2023 Categories

"In a 16-0 vote, the Rockland County Legislature unanimously approved a resolution calling on Governor Hochul and relevant agencies to stop Holtec International from dumping #toxic waste into the Hudson River. Rockland became the second county in the Hudson Valley region to oppose Holtec’s polluting plan, just two days after the #Westchester Board of Legislators took similar action.

"Holtec International, the company in charge of decommissioning the #IndianPoint Nuclear Plant, wants to dump one million gallons of toxic wastewater from the plant’s spent fuel pools into the Hudson River. The company’s waste has several contaminants [NOT JUST TRITIUM LIKE HOLTEC KEEPS SAYING] including #tritium, a radioactive isotope that can lead to cancer when inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin in large quantities. Seven communities and over 100,000 people rely on drinking water from the Hudson River.

"Santosh Nandabalan, Senior New York Organizer with Food & Water Watch issued the following statement: 'To allow the immense discharge of toxic, radioactive waste into New Yorkers’ drinking water is to privilege corporate expediency over public health. One by one, Hudson Valley authorities are taking a stand against Holtec’s ludicrously dangerous proposal. Governor Hochul must take immediate action to safeguard public health and stop Holtec’s scheme.'"

#HudsonRiver #HudsonRiverValley #HudsonValley #Fukushima #NewYork #Japan #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #StopTEPCO #NoNukes #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies

Read more: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2023/03/09/rockland-county-passes-resolution-against-dumping-radioactive-water-in-the-hudson-river-second-this-week/

#Holtec plans to dump [#radioactive] water into #HudsonRiver this summer

February 13, 2023

"Although filtered, the water will contain #tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen difficult to remove. The firm says the release will cause minimal problems because the water will disperse...

"At the meeting of the oversight board, Rich Burroni, a Holtec representative, said that the company plans to release the water in late August or early September, although he would not rule out dumping it sooner.

"Throughout the evening, members of the oversight board repeatedly said that members of the public concerned with Holtec’s plans should contact the #EPA or #NRC. In #Massachusetts, the EPA has put a hold on a Holtec plan to discharge radioactive water from the #PilgrimNuclear Power Plant into #CapeCod Bay until a third-party can verify that the release would be safe."

#HudsonRiver #NoNukes #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #HudsonValley #NoMoreNukes

Read more:
https://peekskillherald.com/6864/environment/holtec-plans-to-dump-water-into-hudson-this-summer/

WAKE UP WESTCHESTER: For Pete’s Sake, Don’t Let Indian Point Dump 1 Million Gallons of Nuclear Waste Into the Hudson

by Dan Murphy, February 23, 2023

One of the options #Holtec could pursue is: "Hold the wastewater on site. Although no definite holding time was discussed at the meeting, storage on site was. We believe an initial 12 year period would be appropriate. After 12 years, tritium’s half-life (the radioactive isotope) will have cut its activity by 50%. During this 12-year period we would like Holtec to explore separation of the tritium, solidification, and any other options that emerge."
#NoNukes #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #NewYork #HudsonRiver #Riverkeepers

https://yonkerstimes.com/wake-up-westchester-for-petes-sake-dont-let-indian-point-dump-1-million-gallons-of-nuclear-waste-into-the-hudson/

Assuming that there's ONLY tritium in the water, it can be stored in a closed-loop system until it becomes harmless (it has a half-life of 12 years, and turns into helium in 24 years). Unless #Holtec is lying about what's in it. And by the way, there's a helium shortage, so why not capture it, rather than dumping it and harming the ecosystem!

Dumping 1M gallons of radioactive water in #HudsonRiver is ‘best option,’ per #IndianPoint nuclear plant owner (Holtec)

By Rosemary Misdary, Feb 17, 2023

"Environmental groups and residents are also concerned this could harm their community, as the Hudson River is already a federally designated toxic Superfund site. Rich Burroni, Holtec’s site vice president for Indian Point, agreed to give the community at least a month's notice before any radioactive discharge into the Hudson River begins."
#WaterIsLife #NoNukes #NoDumping

https://gothamist.com/news/dumping-radioactive-water-hudson-river-best-option-indian-point-nuclear-plant-owner-holtec

Democracy Now: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Owner Plans to Dump Radioactive Waste Water into Hudson River

February 23, 2023

"Here in New York, environmental groups and community members are sounding the alarm after #Holtec International, the owner of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear facility, said it plans to dump some 1 million gallons of #radioactive water into the Hudson River as soon as August. The water contains #tritium, a byproduct of nuclear fission that cannot be filtered out of water and which could lead to a host of negative environmental and health effects. The advocacy group #Riverkeeper said, 'It’s time to draw the line against using the Hudson as a dumping ground.'"

#NoNukes #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #NewYork #HudsonRiver #IndianPoint

TBT - Hudson River and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Staten Island, New York, USA.
5:01pm September 18th 2015
#TBT #ThrowbackTuesday #Photography #NewYork #NYC #NY #StatenIsland #HudsonRiver #VerrazzanoNarrowsBridge

TBT-- Goldman Sachs Tower, viewed from Hudson River, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
5:04pm EDT September 18th 2015.
#TBT #ThrowbackTuesday #Photography #cityscape #urbanscape #NewJersey #NJ #JerseyCity #HudsonRiver #GoldmanSachs #GoldmanSachsTower

Took my new lens out for a spin today. Wasn't really expecting much, but this is kind of fun. Looking down the Hudson River, through the George Washington Bridge, the landmarks of Manhattan are visible -- if you have a big enough monitor.

#Photography #Newyork #hudsonriver #sunset #photo #canon

Lower Manhattan as seen from Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

#NYC #Manhattan #jerseycity #newjersey #photomonday #photo #photography #mastophoto #newyork #skyline #hudsonriver

#HudsonRiver #Adirondack #gravel #cycling #Autumn Beautiful time of year to get out riding in the mountains!