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Rockland Sierra Club Public Meeting: The Facts on Indian Point: Relicensing, Climate Change, and Radionuclides in Our River

Rockland Sierra Club will host a public meeting at Nyack Library on Tuesday, January 11, 7 p.m.

"The Facts on Indian Point:  Relicensing, Climate Change, and Radionuclides in Our River 

What's happening in terms of relicensing?  Indian Point, the aging, leaking nuclear power plant across the river from Rockland, is asking for a twenty year extension of their license.   Is nuclear power the answer to climate change?  If Indian Point were closed, how would we replace that power?  Long term environmental advocate Marilyn Elie will speak on these and other questions on Indian Point nuclear power plant at a public meeting of Rockland Sierra Club on Tuesday, January 11, at 7 p.m. at Nyack Library.  What are the facts on the impact of radionuclides in the river on our drinking water if United Water moves ahead with desalination of the Hudson?  A cofounder of Westchester Citizens Awareness Network and one of the leaders in the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, Marilyn has been working to close Indian Point for the last 17 years.  For more information on this meeting or on Rockland Sierra Club, contact pkurtz9@gmail.com or deby1012@verizon.net or call 845-358-3386. 

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Marilyn Elie has been working to close Indian Point for the last 17 years.  She became involved in this issue because of her concern about the unsolvable problem of high level radioactive waste; a toxic legacy that we are passing on to untold generations. She is co founder of Westchester Citizens Awareness Network (WestCAN and one of the original members of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, a coalition of professional and grass roots environmental groups throughout the region.  As one of the leaders in the coalition, Marilyn has also learned to watch dog the Nuclear Regulatory Commision.  She has regularly attended Nuclear Regulatory Commission meetings and has seen three regional directors come and go.  She has learned how to read NRC reports for what is hidden between the lines and, on occasion, is the only person in the room who can attest to changes in the regulatory position because she was there at the original meeting.  All Sierra Club meetings are open to the general public, free of charge."

 

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