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

Posted by BeauHD on from the economic-impacts dept.

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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  1. It's the economy by jbmartin6 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

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

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  2. Champlain Hudson Power Express by mdsolar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This transmission project obsoletes Indian Point. http://www.chpexpress.com/abou...

    1. Re:Champlain Hudson Power Express by fnj · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Hydropower is not clean energy. Hydropower plant operation produces large amounts of Co2 per kilowatt hour.

      You need a citation for that, because on its face that is an astoundingly stupid claim. And don't even think of dredging up this weak-ass story, which is void of any evidence, and actually seems to be conjuring up a fairy tale of methane release, not CO2.

      Also, the loaded terms "clean" and "dirty" referring to CO2 are manipulative and ignorant. CO2 is not "dirt". It is a colorless, odorless gas, food for plant life.

  3. Running Indian Point to Failure by mdsolar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Much like Vermont Yankee, Entergy is running Indian Point into the ground. The AG also forced new safety inspections an those showed Entergy had let a known problem slide past any other reactor known to date. http://www.lohud.com/story/new...

    1. Re:Running Indian Point to Failure by 110010001000 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Yet both plants have been providing massive amounts of clean energy for decades with no notable accidents and no loss of life.

  4. Re:Too close to NYC by Mashiki · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Define "close" after all here in Ontario we have Bruce Nuclear which is the 2nd largest generating plant in the world and is downwind from Toronto by ~150 miles. And Pickering Nuclear which is under 50mi away. Seems to me that the US has more of a anti-nuke fear mongering group of environmentalists then Canada does. I live downwind from Bruce nuclear as well, around 45mi give or take a little bit. I sure don't worry about it, I have a bigger worry that there will be a train derailment and massive problems then that. Especially since the main Ontario CN track runs around 300m away from my house and trains come running by every hour of the day. Luckily there has never been an accident in either case, and CN has become extremely vigilant in checking the lines over the last 5 years usually quarterly inspections.

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