Shoreham and the rise and fall of the nuclear power industry
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Shoreham and the rise and fall of the nuclear power industry
Praeger, c1995
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book traces the history of the nuclear power industry in the United States from the 1950s when electricity from nuclear power was expected to be too cheap to meter, to the 1990s when the nuclear power industry lies in shambles and the landscape is dotted with the billion dollar carcasses of unfinished or inoperable nuclear power plants. Using the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island as a case study, and reviewing the civil racketeering trial relating to that plant, McCallion details how a fatal combination of fraud, incompetence, and naivete has driven utility companies to the brink (and in some cases, beyond the brink) of bankruptcy in the vain quest for the nuclear power fix.
Table of Contents
Preface Prologue LILCO Joins the Nuclear Club Opposition to Shoreham Mounts Following Accident at Three Mile Island Silencing the Messenger of Bad News: The Breakdown of the Emergency Diesel Generators The Investigation Begins LILCO Goes to the PSC for Financing from the Consumers and Ratepayers Shoreham Safety Studies: The Whistleblowers LILCO Ignores Its Own Diesel Experts To Kill the Messenger: LILCO's Treatment of Luke Lilly The RICO Case Moves toward Trial The Trial From Verdict to Appeal Missed Opportunities: The LIPA Saga Nuclear Power and the Future Bibliography Index
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