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Post-Fukushima costs hitting Florida Power & Light Co. customers

Monday, Nov. 4, 2013

By Susan Salisbury

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan could cost Florida Power & Light Co. customers as much as $189 million in required changes to the company’s four nuclear units, an expert witness testified Monday.

The March 11, 2011, accident sparked by a tsunami that caused flooding, power loss, explosions and radiation leaks at a nuclear plant had a profound effect on the U.S. nuclear industry. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered reactor operators to make changes to better handle floods and earthquakes.

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