ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo wants to review information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about safety of a nuclear plant that lies near a seismic fault line 35 miles north of Manhattan.
Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto says he doesn’t consider that order, but an evaluation of federal data to be done within the Cuomo administration.
Cuomo said Wednesday that the review will cover the Indian Point Energy Center on the Hudson River in suburban Westchester County. The plant is near the Ramapo Fault in New York, where substantial earthquakes are infrequent.
Entergy Nuclear company spokesman Jerry Nappi has noted the plant is built to safely shut down in the event of an earthquake of 6.0 or greater on the Richter scale, but can handle a much more severe quake.
The plant is built to handle the worst possible earthquake the region would likely ever see.