CUOMO CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN POINT-HIGHEST RISK OF CORE DAMAGE FROM EARTHQUAKE

Cuomo’s Concern Over Indian Point Renewed
Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed surprise and concern over an MSNBC report that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission rates Indian Point’s reactor No. 3 as having the higest risk of core damage from an earthquake.

The governor said this is an issue that he plans to pursue ASAP. He also noted that he has long had concerns about the Hudson Valley nuclear power plan and recommended while he was attorney general that it not be relicensed.

“One normally doesn’t think of earthquakes and New York in the same breath, especially compared to California and out west,” Cuomo said. “So, that is a matter of concern; we are going to be checking into it – the statement and the basis for the statement – immediately.”

“I’ve had concerns about Indian Point for a long time….I understand the power and the benefit. I also understand the risk. This plant in this proximity to New York City was never a good risk. But this is new information that we’re going to pursue.”