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Call to Florida residents from mayors – fight against nuclear expansion project

Florida mayors call on residents to fight nuclear expansion project MIAMI | BY DAVID ADAMS (Reuters), 15 Apr 15 – A group of South Florida mayors are escalating their campaign against plans to expand a nuclear power plant near Miami that involves constructing 100-foot (30-meter) tall transmissions lines through some of the area’s toniest neighborhoods.

Florida Power & Light Co [NEEPWR.UL] is seeking federal approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to add nuclear reactors to its Turkey Point plant in south Florida. Public hearings are scheduled for next week.

Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado urged residents to speak against the project, which was approved by the Florida legislature last year.

“This plan should not be approved,” he said, arguing that the need for extra water for cooling ponds would shrink the area’s supply of fresh water.

Also rising sea levels due to climate change put the plant at risk of being flooded by salt water…..http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/15/us-usa-florida-nuclear-idUSKBN0N62JH20150415

April 18, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general