Power of the People: The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the deal that ultimately shuttered the plant. News 12 Digital revisited the story of the Shoreham nuclear plant to explore how the power of the public's voice rose above the pitch of the nuclear age.

[MonkeyJedi]

To be a little fair to Lilco, restoring power lines after a massive hurricane, and the technical and organizational capacity to run a nuclear power plant are two separate things.
I'm not saying they were able to do either, but it is a disingenuous comparison to make.
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Maybe if they had paid union leeches less, and Mario Cuomo more, they would be in operation today?

[darrenlong]

Worked there as a chemistry technician during the testing phase 1986 thru 89. Crazy

[tammygreen]

This documentary is nicely balanced, ending with the point of the power of the public's voice. Well done, News 12.

[jamesmcnaughton]

They should have opened up this plant for safe reliable power like all of Europe does

[StaK_]

It represents how public opinion can be manipulated to doing what is not in their best business.
Wasteful event.
It would have been better if they actually put that damned thing into action. This way that facility will out-stand even bloody Chernobyl.
(someone will come around with the idea to make it a memorial site and then it will stay there for all eternity... I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so)

[XARTHY]

Just passed there on my kayak today spooky place

[silverspec]

What's funny is there's a plant right on the other side of the Sound.

[luke]

Wish that plant could be converted to a museum/filming location since it was never used.

[jimmartin]

Incredible that those thieves never went to jail, I guess there truly is a different set of rules for the wealthy.

[ErikCB]

First you had LILCO’s disaster with Gloria. 30 years later, you had LIPAs disaster with Sandy and nearly 40 years later you had another disaster with PSEG and Isaias. Some things never change. Oh Long Island and your power grid.

[markg]

Should have built it on Plum Island. If it did "POP" it would have killed two birds with one

[tammygreen]

Memorable event.


The Power of Waves (C) 2018 Tammy Green


We waded into the movement
into the Sound of protest
roaring waves of people
the power of waves
the surge to save the sea
the charge to love the earth
to silence the radioactive core
before our Island bore
its impossible brand.

[MatthewCordaro]

Why didn't they just listen to me?

[bulgingbattery]

They could have brought in Comrade Dyatlov to run the reactor at shoreham?

[MatthewScottRivera]

The power plant is in wading River, not shoreham. I live near it.

[grahamscott]

The plant was just a cover, , it was a big pcp lab

[margdrag]

lol comparing soviets to civilised world.

[GabrielFigueroa-oqus]

Convert it to a non - nuclear plant with no radioactivity at all or turn it into a solar plant. Add solar panels and turn the whole cooling tower into a battery

[nathansmith]

"Trust the experts" didn't work then as it does today.

[sjlac]

And we're still paying for it today