NUCLEAR FISH
November 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
NEW York state's Indian Point has been ordered to install a new water-cooling system probably causing less harm to the area's aquatic life than existing water intake pipes. Under the order, plant owner Energy Nuclear Northeast must build two new 'ecology friendly' cooling towers by 2013. A state environmental report found its present intake system, drawing up to 2.5 billion gallons of water-a-day from the Hudson River, causes more than 1.2 billion annual deaths of several aquatic species. The state also called on Energy to shut down one of two ...
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