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Groups: Fermi 3 nuclear plant would create pollution

Groups: Fermi 3 nuclear plant would create pollution
 BY TINA LAM • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • May 5, 2009 MONROE –
– Environmental groups told federal regulators today that a new Fermi 3 nuclear plant is not needed and would cause new air and water pollution. That includes warm water and phosphorus that could add to algae blooms already happening in recent summers in western Lake Erie…………….

………………..The groups, including Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra club, also questioned the evacuation plans for 3,000 workers who would be at Fermi 2 and Fermi 3 and said new roads will be needed to handle workers from both nuclear plants in case of an accident.

A three-judge panel of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is hearing the environmental groups’ concerns as a step in the licensing of a proposed 1,500-megawatt nuclear plant. The panel will decide which concerns might need more thorough public hearings.

The plant won’t get a license for several years, after its new design is certified.

Groups: Fermi 3 nuclear plant would create pollution | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

May 6, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized