NYC cannot have a nuclear power plant within the city, simply because there is no large usable vacant land site within the city, unless you plan to rip out something such as Central Park.
Every sizable nuclear accident so far, whether Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, etc. has been preceded by assurance by governmental officials and representatives of the industry that no major accident was possible (this is easily documented using Google and other search engines), and everything is safe. The Titanic was unsinkable, also.
Solar, wind and tidal energy are all economic alternatives available. In fact, a college on Staten Island had one of the country's largest solar power installations mounted over the faculty parking lot, designed by a physics professor. The year after he retired a Vice President of Texaco on the college's Board of Trustees made them tear it out. So now they are back to burning oil for heating and power
".... a lot can be avoided"
That's how accidents happen, a close-enough mentality isn't good enough when you're dealing with Nuclear Power, plus any Nuclear-waste generated is gonna be around for over a 1000 years, so you're creating a garbage pile, that will get worse, not better... ever.
So no, Nuclear Power is dangerous, and it's obsolete anyways, solar, and water power is saver, more efficient, and with so much less risk, it shouldn't even be a question(the only reason it is, is that you can over-charge for Power Plant-Power, where Green-Power is a cost-product, not a profit-product)
No because nuclear power plants are not safe enough. Just like with petroleum, lets invest in fuels of the future instead of the past.
Yes I do. Nuclear power plants are very safe if well maintained and not built on land prone to earth-quakes.
I think it will be very beneficial. I also think that the benefits of the reactor outweighs the risks of the power plant. It seems that after the events that happened at Fukushima, a lot of people seem to be against it, but will proper management, security and structure, a lot can be avoided.
(My school is making me write a 10 page essay on this -_-)
