The Indian Point nuclear power plant, which has been temporarily shut down by bird crap, has malfunctioned every now and again, has leaked radioactive material into groundwater and once paid Rudy Giuliani to try to convince New Yorkers there was nothing wrong with living 30 miles from a nuclear plant with a history of safety problems will be shut down by 2021 according to multiple reports.

The AP reports that Governor Cuomo has reached a deal with Indian Point's operator, Entergy Corp., to shut down both of the reactors at the Westchester County plant by April 2021. Shutting the plant down, because "the reward doesn't justify the risk," has been a goal of Cuomo's for some time.

Under the terms of the agreement to shut down the plant, one reactor will be turned off by 2020 and the second reactor will be shut down by 2021, the Times reports. Before the shutdown, Entergy will allow safety inspections, and make repairs and safety upgrades, which the governor, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and environmental group Riverkeeper have been asking the company to do for a number of years.

While New Yorkers will no longer have to live in fear of a nuclear plant once the shutdown occurs, there is the problem of replacing the energy from the plant. Indian Point supplies 25 percent of the power New York City uses, and according to a 2012 study (that an advocacy group Entergy is a part of commissioned), the loss of power from the plant could raise energy bills in the city by 6.3 percent. However, a source familiar with the deal told the Times that officials think the shutdown "will help convince renewable energy providers that the state is serious about looking for new sources of energy" and that the power could be replaced with wind farms around New York and hydroelectric power from Quebec.

The Times reports that the attorney general's office and Entergy have already signed off on the agreement, but that Governor Cuomo isn't expected to sign it until Monday. In the mean time, Cuomo's spokesman Rich Azzopardi hasn't confirmed the shutdown as a fact.

"There is no agreement—Governor Cuomo has been working on a possible agreement for 15 years and until it’s done, it’s not done. Close only counts for horseshoes, not for nuclear plants," Azzopardi told reporters in a statement.