Wednesday was a tense meeting of the Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board, gathering for the first time since several big announcements.

The decommissioning of the nuclear plant could be delayed 8 years and more than 100 workers may be laid off from the plant as a result of this schedule change. According to Holtec, the company overseeing the decommissioning, these changes are due to a recent law that banned the discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Hudson River.

Community members who support this law voiced their frustration with Holtec.

“Storing the tritiated water so it becomes less radioactive, which is the logical and sensible thing to do," said Rockland County resident Susan Shapiro. "Holtec is avoiding that and does not want it to have a practical solution. They just want to blame people and then say, ‘Oh, well, we can't get our job done because it's your fault.’ ”

A representative for Holtec says that this 8-year delay is based on what’s occurred at other plants it’s overseen before and accounts for the possibility of legal action.

“We try to be as open and transparent as possible, provide the information," said Holtec Director of Communications & Government Affairs Pat O'Brien. "You know, unfortunately, as we kind of said, that if that legislation would pass, we would assume that there would be a project delay, and that has come to fruition.”