United States: Indian Point Nuclear Plant’s Toll on River Stirs Debate

NYT: Just beneath the wind-stippled surface of the Hudson River here, huge pipes suck enough water into the Indian Point nuclear plant every second to fill three Olympic swimming pools. And each second they take in dozens of organisms – fish and crabs, but mostly larvae – that are at the center of a $1.1 billion debate: should the plant have to put in cooling towers that would vastly reduce the intake of water? Yes, says New York State, which puts the annual death toll at nearly a ......

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