I know zero about power plants but when they built these, shouldn't there be a emergency shutdown switch?
Something that is potentially this deadly, you would think they have some emergency procedures.
I live 20 miles from a power plant and I would hate to think what would happen if something happened here.
I think it's called INDIAN POINT POWER PLANT in NY.
Yes, and most do have one. If you specifically refer to nuclear plants, because of their concept, the emergency shutdown switch is not working.
As a matter of fact, all nuclear plants require power all the time, for cooling purposes. Shutting them down in the conventional way would make the problem even worse.
It is called a non-fail-safe design, which should have never -ever- been allowed. Welcome to energy politics.
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