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NRC to hear challenge to nuke plants Citrus County Chronicle , September 19, 2012 Pat Faherty It is all about water. That is the way Cara Campbell, Ecology Party chair, described the upcoming hearing on the proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County.

On Oct. 31, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hold an evidentiary hearing on a challenge to the application for two nuclear power reactors.

The board is an independent three-judge panel selected by the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review contentions to applications
for nuclear reactors.

The hearing will be in Bronson, though Campbell said the Ecology
Party, an intervener in the case, tried unsuccessfully to have it
moved to    Citrus County.

“We do not believe the EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) is
adequate,” Campbell said. “It underestimates the impact of water use
and the destruction of wetlands.”

The hearing will focus on the contention by the Ecology Party of
Florida and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, an
international organization with more than 30 years of experience in
raising issues about nuclear power. According to the Notice of
Hearing, the contention includes impacts to wetlands, impacts to the
Florida aquifer system, impacts on outstanding Florida waters, on
water quality and other environmental impacts.

The interveners allege that Progress Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff failed to adequately analyze and discuss the
environmental impacts of the proposed reactors on wetlands,
floodplains, special aquatic sites, and other waters associated with
the site…. http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/nrc-hear-challenge-nuke-plants

September 28, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA