Shifting Edges
Re-imagining Indian Point - A 50 Year Plan
The Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is located on the East bank of the Hudson river in Peekskill. It is scheduled to be closed down in 2020. The Indian Point Closure Task Force 2018 Report explains that the full process of decommissioning could take as long as 50 years. In certain areas, the fences could be safely removed tomorrow, but in others, it will take much longer to fully erase this place from the landscape. The psychological borders will have their own timeline, as years of fear and misunderstanding have created an invisible barrier to development. Both edges - physical and emotional - will shift when the Plant is shut down, Peekskill and Verplanck and the Town of Cortland should take this time to examine and act on these edges.