Joseph Mangano, MPH MBA, is an epidemiologist and the director of the Radiation and Public Health Project. He is based in Ocean City, New Jersey.
Last summer, Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged her support to develop one gigawatt of new nuclear power — the equivalent of one large nuclear reactor — in Upstate New York state. And at her Jan. 13 State of the State message, she added four additional gigawatts to the proposal.
Last week, Hochul’s Public Service Commission approved up to $33 billion in subsidies, paid through higher electric bills, to Constellation Energy Corporation to keep the four reactors now operating in Oswego and Wayne Counties open through 2049…