They won't be happy until they make east AND west coast ocean fishing radioactive.

By STACY LIBERATORE

A controversial plan to release 45,000 gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River has been approved in court.

A federal judge ruled in favor of New Jersey-based Holtec International, which sued New York last year to challenge the state's ban on discharging radiological substances from its defunct Indian Point nuclear plant.

Holtec's attorneys argued that New York overstepped its authority when it passed the 'Save the Hudson' bill in August 2023, a measure aimed at protecting the Hudson Valley from wastewater linked to the shuttered nuclear facility.

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law after it passed both chambers of the state legislature unanimously. The law updated state environmental regulations and established fines for violations aimed at protecting the Hudson River.

More than 100,000 people get their drinking water from the Hudson River, which has undergone extensive clean-up efforts over the past few decades.

However, US District Judge Kenneth Karas ruled last week that New York's ban was unconstitutional, affirming that the federal government alone can regulate discharges from the decommissioned nuclear facility.

The Indian Point nuclear power plant, located just south of Peekskill, permanently shut down in 2021 after nearly six decades of operation.

Within weeks of the closure, the facility was sold to Holtec International, which specializes in dismantling retired nuclear plants and managing spent nuclear fuel.

Idiots water cant be radioactive. Only the sediment inside of it can be. All they need to do is filter it, and dispose of the filter cake.