The shift will help the country meet its pledge to cut greenhouse emissions, reduce local air pollution, and cut the
risk of nuclear accidents, she says.
[iii] Although some countries like Germany are worried about nuclear safety because
of the nuclear accident in Japan due to the tsunami, plant safety enhancements (e.g. passive cooling features that do not rely on generators to keep water flowing to reactor cores) make future accidents like Fukushima unlikely.
NRDC has long opposed relicensing its two reactors because of Indian Point's history of operational, safety and environmental problems, as well as the grave risk
of a nuclear accident so close to the nation's largest city,» said Kit Kennedy, director of the energy and transportation program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Fuelled by
fears of nuclear accidents following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, more than 1 million signatures were collected to register public objections to the construction.
Yamamura, Eiji (2011): Experience of technological and natural disasters and their impact on the perceived risk
of nuclear accidents after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan 2011: A cross-country analysis.
As to the
effects of nuclear accidents in general, consider that Chernobyl was a «worse than worst case» accident, yet the Earth kept on ticking just fine: no temperature increase, no Arctic ice melt, no ocean acidification... Indeed, it seems that for most creatures life in the so - called «dead zone» is a distinct improvement on previous condidtions.
Indian laws leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case of a nuclear accident
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Indian Point should be closed, that there's no way to evacuate New York City in the
event of a nuclear accident.
Many Indian and foreign nuclear energy technology companies have not been willing to supply nuclear technology and services to India because laws in the country leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case
of a nuclear accident.
Indian laws leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case
of a nuclear accidentThird, many Canadian and other foreign companies have been unwilling to supply nuclear technology and services to India because Indian laws leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case of a nuclear accident.
In the event
of a nuclear accident, it would be impossible to evacuate residents, Cuomo said.
The United States wants India to enact a legislative measure limiting the liability of foreign companies in the event
of a nuclear accident.
prompt assistance in the event
of a nuclear accident or radiological emergency to minimize its consequences and to protect life, property and the environment from the effects of radioactive releases
Yamamura, Eiji (2011): How does corruption influence perceptions of the risk
of nuclear accidents?
Which specifies that in the event
of a nuclear accident the operators of said plant can be held liable up to 650 million dollars.