The India Point nuclear power plant in NY could be shut down, this could be a good thing, but it could also be a bad thing. Many people fear having a nuclear power plant so close to them. It is understandable considering past problems with other nuclear power plants. But the power plant had received safety awards for regulations.
One problem with shutting down the plant is how many jobs would be lost. The plant employs over 1,100 people and those people wouldn’t have jobs if the plant shut down. If the power plant is shut down, it would mean that they would need to find another way of powering NY and that could become expensive and potentially unreliable, if no other energy plant replaced the India Point power plant, NYC would suffer from rolling black outs.
By keeping the power plant operating, the use of nuclear energy can continue to power parts of NYC and NY State and could potentially power even more parts of the state. Nuclear energy is not as dangerous as it sounds. It is cheaper to use nuclear energy compared to coal, gas, or petroleum. By using nuclear energy, almost no green house gasses are emitted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center
http://www.safesecurevital.com/