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Hendrick Hudson superintendent reports new radiological monitors, EPA sampling and meal program changes
Summary
At a Aug. 13 Hendrick Hudson Board of Education meeting, district leaders said gamma-radiation monitors have been installed to watch demolition at the former Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant and that the Environmental Protection Agency is still analyzing sampling near the Magna Metals Superfund site; the board also heard details on schedule, transportation and a planned transition to universal free high school meals.
At the Hendrick Hudson Central School District Board of Education meeting on Aug. 13, district leaders reported that a gamma-radiation detection system has been installed to support community monitoring during demolition at the former Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant and that the district has received new Environmental Protection Agency sampling results from the Magna Metals Superfund investigation near 510 Furnace Dock Road.
The superintendent said the radiation-detection equipment has been installed and staff training is scheduled next Tuesday; the district will operate the monitors while it is still seeking clarity from state and federal regulatory agencies about who would be responsible for responding if the equipment records an anomalous detection. The superintendent said she had asked the New York Public Service Commission and the…
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