Shoreham and the Rise and Fall of the Nuclear Power Industry

by Kenneth Mccallion

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275942991
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/11/1995
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

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.

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

Editorial Reviews

An absorbing account of the dramatic events concerning the Long Island Lighting Company's mismanagement in the construction of the Shoreham nuclear power plant, as well as the misrepresentations LILCO made to the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) to obtain rate increases. Ultimately, a Federal jury delivered a multi-million dollar verdict against LILCO in the 1988 RICO fraud case brought by Suffolk County, New York--for which McCallion was lead trial counsel. McCallion also links the ill-fated LILCO story with that of other nuclear power plants and assesses the future of nuclear power. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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