Indian Point's Unit 2 reactor prepares to shut down for good, ending nuclear optimism era - News - recordonline.com - Middletown, NY

Indian Point's Unit 2 reactor prepares to shut down for good, ending nuclear optimism era - News - recordonline.com - Middletown, NY: Indian Point’s Unit 2 reactor ascended along the shores of the Hudson River in the late 1960s at a time of great optimism for the nuclear power movement in the U.S.Engineers had just perfected a method to harness nuclear power that had gone into producing the atomic bomb used during World War II and turned it into a dependable, cost-effective energy source for homes and businesses. There was talk of building 200 reactors across the country.The water-pressured Unit 2 reactor started