Public opinion shock waves from the nuclear crisis in Japan were felt in New York State yesterday where Governor Andrew Cuomo said the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County was a "disaster waiting to happen" as he called for the facility's closing.
Plant owner, Entergy, released this statement regarding the plant's ability to withstand earthquakes.
Here's the governor on FOX News:
In neighboring New Jersey, the Star-Ledger reported on Tuesday that the Oyster Creek nuclear reactor in Ocean County, the oldest operating nuclear plant in the country, is a "virtually identical General Electric reactor, sharing its design features — and, some fear, its weaknesses."
But the plant’s operator, Exelon, and state officials responsible for overseeing nuclear safety say "New Jersey’s nuclear facilities are far less likely to be shaken by a severe earthquake, and the lessons learned in Japan can be applied here."
NJN News' environmental reporter Ed Rodgers on Wednesday filed a video report on the safety of nuclear plants in the Garden State--especially at the multi-reactor Salem Nuclear Power facility in Lower Alloways Township where owner PSEG has been exploring the possibility of adding an additional unit.
President Obama ordered a safety review of all U.S. nuclear plants on Thursday but also said that nuclear would be part of the nation's energy future.
How do you think the Japanese crisis will affect nuclear regulation/development in the United States? Will we ever see another new nuclear plant built in the northeast? Is this good or bad? Share your thoughts in the comment box below. Don't see one? Click on the tiny 'comment' line.
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Governor Cuomo,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to take a moment out to say... You are doing to right thing. For many more reasons then I care to get into right now.... So.
I for one and Im sure a lot of other caring NY'ers are extremely glad for what your are doing !
Thank You !
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Would you, for the next 20 years, condemn your children to driving a car built in 1975?
ReplyDeleteA discussion on another site referred to the Clean Water Act and its implementation and stated that the nuclear industry needed a similar regulatory framework.
ReplyDelete"The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. "Clean Water Act" became the Act's common name with amendments in 1977."
The CWA has been around a lot longer than many of us realize. But the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a plethora of laws have been around a long time for the express purpose of regulating nuclear energy. The modeling for radioactive issues is likely as good, if not better, than the models available for groundwater. They also include models or model parameters for seismic activity.
I cannot speak well to the issue of this specific plant as I have worked to stay on the chemical side of the environmental business and away from the nuclear side to the extent practicle and I would have to do a tremendous amount of research to come up to speed on the plant under discussion.