I don't know anything about the safety of nuclear power plants, not really, but what I do know is that the entire New York Metro area lives within the potential danger zone of the Indian Point plant. Should we consider decommissioning it in light of the disaster in Japan? Seems like a legitimate question, so what do I hear on MSNBC this morning? Nothing but serious warnings that we can't make policy based on a panic reaction to a crisis. Great idea! Maybe we should have used the same reasoning with regard to the financial crisis or the Patriot Act or the invasion of Iraq. Stunning that a station part-owned by GE would take such a tack...
BTW I hear Governor Cuomo's position is that the plant's safety should be reviewed and denied an operating license eventually. I agree, but his position seems nuanced enough to never actually come to pass...I hope I'm wrong on that.
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