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.

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mdsolar

[Anonymous Coward]

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So it seems

[IWantMoreSpamPlease]

This gov't has its sights set on closing down (and not building) as many nuclear plants as possible.

Ok, fine, then I ask you this gov't:
How are you planning on replacing the power loss? You're wiping out the coal industry as well.

What's left?

Re:1.5M more jobs?

[Mr D from 63]

some 1.5 million workers would be needed

I hereby suggest we allow the plant to continue operation. After all, we need to create more jobs for Americans, or so I've heard.

CAPTCHA: proper

A completely fabricated number. Nowhere near that will be required. Of course, accuracy doesn't matter in the FUD laden world of anti-nuke activism.

Re:It's the economy

[EmagGeek]

"So what is the problem? This is called "economic stimulus"

And this is called a Broken Window Fallacy

Score one for global warming

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a hard time believing that environmentalists really believe AGW is an existential threat to humanity while they applaud nuclear plan shutdown. They even applaud hydroelectric plant shutdowns.

Re:Opportunity Cost

[Elledan]

"most expensive" is of course only true in post-1970s Western countries. Meanwhile countries like South-Korea, India and China are pushing ahead with cheap, safe nuclear power, with the latter implementing a fully closed fuel loop, meaning no nuclear waste at all.

The whole problem with nuclear power in the West is simply that it's stuck in the 1960s with crushing regulatory burdens worsening the problems of maintaining 60+ year old reactors and preventing any improvement there.