The owners of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop New York State from trying to shut the plant down.
In November, Secretary of State Cesar Perales rejected a permit request that would allow the plant to use the Hudson River. Perales said the plant kills millions of fish larvae and sits near seismic faults that pose a threat to millions of people.
About one-third of Connecticut’s population lives within a 50-mile radius of the plant. That radius includes all of Fairfield County and parts of Litchfield County. In New York, all of Westchester County, most of Dutchess, and parts of Western Suffolk are within that 50 mile radius.
The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that the plant’s owner, Entergy, says only federal regulators can regulate nuclear plants.
