AG Scores Victory In Bid To Shut Down Indian Point (lohud.com)

mdsolar quotes a report from The Journal News: Federal safety regulators used the wrong data to analyze the potential economic impacts of a severe accident at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, a panel of commissioners for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled Wednesday. The ruling, which reversed an earlier finding, will force the NRC to conduct a fresh analysis of the costs of a devastating accident and cleanup at the nuclear power plant in Buchanan, 24 miles north of New York City. The decision was hailed by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, whose office is spearheading the state's challenge to Indian Point's efforts to renew federal licenses for its two reactors. Schneiderman estimates that some 1.5 million workers would be needed in to take part in decontamination efforts in the event of a nuclear mishap, with cleanup costs surging as high as $1 trillion.

Comments

Re:Cheap nuclear

[ultranova]

if Indian point had a fukishima style issue Wall street is unlivable, un workable.

But I'm sure there would be a bad side, too.

Re:Champlain Hudson Power Express

[thegarbz]

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAH mdsolar called someone a shill. OMG. This is the quote of the week. I'm printing this out and nailing it to my cubical wall so I have something to look at whenever I get worn down by dealing with stupid people.

Thankyou!

Also show me a nuclear accident which did as much damage in terms of death and unusable land as the Banqiao Dam hydroelectric plant. Actually combine all the deaths and damage from all nuclear accidents and throw in a Hiroshima and Nagasaki too while you're at it and you're still not at the damage and chaos caused by this single hydro dam failure.