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7:01 The New York state Public Service Commission held two virtual public hearings Tuesday on the proposed license transfer for the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The hearings are to help determine whether the PSC should exercise jurisdiction over the proposed transfer. The plant in Westchester County is slated to permanently shut down at the end of April. More than 50 speakers delivered comments during the afternoon hearing, which ran about four hours. The speakers ranged from elected officials to union members to environmentalists to residents outside New York who have seen Holtec operat...

6:09 New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The suit comes after the NRC denied the state’s petition for a public hearing on the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County. In its January 15 decision, the NRC denied requests for hearings and to intervene in the license transfer from Entergy Nuclear to Holtec International, as owner, and Holtec Decommissioning International, as decommissioning operator. Attorney General James had filed a petition on behalf of the state in February t...

First U.S. Nuclear Power Closures in 15 Years Signal Wider Problems for Industry As the economics of building plants and maintaining old ones erode, some experts see little hope for an industry being touted by some as a climate savior. By Elizabeth Douglass September 24, 2013 The survival of the nation's nuclear industry is hanging in the balance. Map showing closed or closing nuclear power plants (in red), as well as plants especially vulnerable to future closures (in yellow). Experts say the closures are due to low power prices, rising costs and other economic woes (larger map below). Credi...