January 27, 2026
New York has told the Second Circuit that a federal judge wrongly concluded that a state law barring the release of radioactive materials into the Hudson River was federally preempted.
October 21, 2025
The state of New York has asked the Second Circuit to overturn a federal judge's ruling that found a state law barring the release of radioactive materials into the Hudson River was federally preempted.
September 25, 2025
A federal judge has ruled that a New York law barring the release of radioactive materials into the Hudson River — which was passed in response to the decommissioning of the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear plant — infringed on the federal government's oversight of nuclear safety.
November 12, 2024
A New York state law banning discharges of radioactive material into the Hudson River is aimed at protecting the local economy as the Indian Point nuclear power plant is decommissioned and therefore isn't federally preempted, the Empire State told a federal judge Friday.
October 08, 2024
The owner of the shuttered Indian Point nuclear power plant on Monday urged a federal judge to invalidate a New York state law banning discharges of radioactive material into the Hudson River, saying it's clearly preempted by federal nuclear safety authority and violates the Constitution's supremacy clause.