Re: NCI and Hudson Riverkeepers Request Emergency Shutdown of IP 2/3

["Michael Stabin" <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>]

Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:16:35 -0800

From: William J McCabe <willmccabe@JUNO.COM>

Subject: Re: NCI and Hudson Riverkeepers Request Emergency Shutdown of IP

2/3



 Does that calculation include the fish farm they built upriver to

address the fishkill problem (not to be confused with the town upstream

named Fishkill)?



Will McCabe, RRPT



On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:19:49 -0800 "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>

writes:

> As I recall, a few decades ago, Indian Point was required to

> reconfigure their cooling water intakes to avoid "excessive"

> fish kills. This was done, and  a cursory economic  analysis

> was performed  to determine the cost effectiveness of this action.

> Amortized over the expected plant lifetime, the estimated

> cost-effeciveness was ~$80/fish saved. I don't know what the

> actual cost turned out to be, but apparently Hudson River fish

> are pretty expensive.

>

>

>

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