Why This Nuclear Engineer Says Every Nuke Plant in the US Should Be Shut Down Yesterday
NOVANEWS
"I’d like to see every nuclear plant shut down yesterday.”
by: Karl Grossman
In announcing the agreement on the closing of Indian Point in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo described it as a "ticking time bomb." But the real problem, writes Grossman, is this: There are more of them. (Photo: Matt Champlin—Getty Image)
The good—the very good—energy news is that the Indian Point nuclear power plants 26 miles north of New York City will be closed in the next few years under an agreement reached between New York State and the plants’ owner, Entergy.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has long been calling for the plants to be shut down because, as the New York Times related in its story on the pact, they pose “too great a risk to New York City.” Environmental an...