Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Save the Hudson Bill, stopping plan to dump Indian Point's radioactive wastewater into river
NEW YORK -- A plan to discharge wastewater from Indian Point into the Hudson River is now on hold after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to safeguard the river.
The Save the Hudson Bill restricts discharges of any radiological substance in the Hudson.
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The former nuclear power plant is being dismantled, and there's 1 million gallons of wastewater on the site that contains traces of radioactive material.
Holtec, the company that's working to dismantle Indian Point, says it is disappointed that the governor signed the bill.
