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Future of Florida’s nuclear power plants looking doubtful

Progress Energy slowly raising more doubts about future of Levy County nuclear plant tampabay.com Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist February 12, 2010 Progress Energy slowly raising more doubts about future of Levy County nuclear plant “…..Maybe it’s not such a good time to build a nuke plant in Florida after all.That’s may take, at least, after listening to Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson’s remarks to analysts Thursday in discussing fourth quarter earnings (up 53 percent over 2008!) and emphasizing his second thoughts about a Levy nuclear site. Said Johnson:

“At the state level in Florida, it’s not at all clear that the current atmosphere is conducive for an investment of this type and size, particularly if it raises electric rates in the near term.

“At a minimum, if we move forward with the project we expect that it necessarily will be on a slower schedule with much less spending in the near term.”…………

It does not help Progress Energy that it seeks new nuclear support at the same time its one existing nuclear plant in Crystal River, north of Tampa Bay in Citrus County, is out of commission and under regulatory review as experts figure out the cause of a crack in the concrete in the wall section of the nuclear plant’s containment building

February 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin