Nuclear power

The designation of Sound Avenue in Riverhead as a 'scenic and historic' roadway has an interesting history. Here's how it happened and what it means — and doesn't mean — and a look at how it helped scuttle plans for two nuclear power plants on the Long Island Sound in Jamesport.

In late June, Governor Kathy Hochul vowed to build New York’s first new nuclear power station in nearly four decades, advancing one of the most aggressive plans by any state to revitalize the United States’ stagnant atomic energy industry.

Governor Kathy Hochul continued her push for nuclear power in New York State with her June 21 announcement that she has directed the New York Power Authority to develop a new nuclear power plant upstate.

Safe-energy activists are concerned that Long Island might again be targeted for nuclear power plants, as proponents push the claim that it's "carbon-free.

Existing technologies—led by solar and wind—cannot solve the climate crisis.

After Gov. Hochul said N.Y. won't meet its 2030 climate goals, her comments on the possible future role of nuclear power has clean energy advocates worried.

The $7.6 billion bailout of four aging nuclear power plants upstate, a sweetheart deal for nuclear energy giant Exelon, is being funded by ratepayer subsidies across New York.

Long Islanders paid for LILCO’s Shoreham mistake so that a nuclear plant would not open. Now the state wants Long Islanders to pay again so that nuclear plants in another part of New York will not close.

The agreement to close the Indian Point nuclear power plants less than 50 miles from western Suffolk and between 60 and 100 miles from the East End — as the crow flies and radioactivity spreads — “is a huge step forward in protecting the health and safety of all New Yorkers.”

Ratepayers across New York State will be getting higher utility bills because the State Public Service Commission this month approved — despite strong opposition — a $7.6 billion bailout of aging nuclear power plants in upstate New York.