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…mehr
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.
KENNETH F. McCALLION is a partner in the law firm of Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow in New York City. He served as a Special Attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Department of Justice for eight years, as well as serving as a New York State prosecutor. While in private practice he litigated several important cases including the one involving the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant (Suffolk County v. LILCO) and the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation.
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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
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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