N.Y. Law Spotlights Lost Nuclear Plant Tax Revenue Nationally

摘要

Towns and cities across the country face the major loss of property taxes as nuclear power plants intheir borders are shut down. They may be able to make up some of the loss, however, by taxing thenuclear waste storage property that still sits on the sites.A law just signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be a model for communities in NewJersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, California, and other states where more than a dozen reactor sites areslated for dismantling in coming years. Without a national repository for nuclear waste, spent fuelhas remained in holding facilities next to reactors.