Shoreham and the Rise and Fall of the Nuclear Power Industry

List 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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Mccallion, Kenneth F. McCallion
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.1995
• EAN: 9780275942991
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94299-1
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; USA, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Nuclear power & engineering, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Energy industries and utilities, Nuclear power and engineering, Nuclear Power Industries, Business: History