LWV-Supported “Save the Hudson Act” Passes! There will be NO discharge of Tritium into the Hudson.

The Save the Hudson Act (S.6893/A.7208) passed through both houses of the Legislature and just was signed by the Governor!
The LWVR joined many environmental groups with grassroots lobbying.

This LWVR Resolution sent to US Sen. Schumer in late Spring 2023:    

“The intent of Holtec International to discharge tritium into the Hudson River is of grave concern to the League of Women Voters of the Rivertowns, which has long advocated for the closure of the Indian Point Energy Center and has since been monitoring its decommissioning.     

“More than two million people reside in the Hudson Valley, and an estimated 100,000 get their drinking water from the Hudson River. Radioactive waste in the Hudson is a potential cancer risk, especially to children, who are naturally more radiosensitive.

“Because of that, we urge our elected leaders to enact emergency legislation to ban the discharge of tritium into the Hudson and to broaden the remedies in the proposed legislation to include injunctive relief.”