Licensed To Kill?: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies)

Examines The Nuclear Power Plant Constructed At Shoreham, New York, And The Accumulated Miscalculations And Mishaps That Eventually Forced Its Deconstruction. An Intricate Study Of The Groups, Policies And Regulatory Issues Involved In A Historic Legal Battle. World-class Fiasco On Long Island Sound -- Lilco's Early Enthusiasm And Errors -- Constructing Shoreham And Making Enemies -- Precursor Of Disaster : Three Mile Island -- Governments In Collision : Squabbling Over The Emergency Plan -- Who Decides? : State Economic Power -- Dead On Arrival : Nrc Licenses A Canceled Power Plant -- The Message. Joan Aron. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 149-178) And Index.

Examines the nuclear power plant constructed at Shoreham, New York, and the accumulated miscalculations and mishaps that eventually forced its deconstruction. An intricate study of the groups, policies and regulatory issues involved in a historic legal battle.