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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Re:Too close to NYC

[Mashiki]

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.