Judge rules against proposed Turkey Point nuclear plans

Court overturns state’s approval of proposed Turkey Point plans, Palm Beach Post April 21, 2016 Florida Power & Light’s quest to add two new reactors and miles of new transmission lines at its Turkey Point plant south of Miami experienced a major setback Wednesday when an appellate court overturned a state decision that would have permitted the reactors.

While the 2014 approval of Units 6 & 7 by Gov. Rick Scott and his Cabinet found the project would not harm the Everglades or wetlands and would not impact endangered birds such as the snail kite and the wood stork, the court disagreed.

To read the 28-page ruling, click here.

The Third District Court of Appeal reversed the state’s approval of nuclear Units 6 and 7 in an appeal brought by the City of Miami, the Village of Pinecrest and Miami-Dade County.

The court remanded the case and found the board failed to apply Miami’s applicable land development regulations, failed to properly apply environmental regulations and erroneously thought it did not have the power to require FPL to install miles of power lines underground at FPL’s expense.

“FPL presented no competent substantial evidence that the project could satisfy the environmental performance standards” of Miami-Dade County rules, Judge Ivan Fernandez wrote in the ruling…….

By the end of this year, FPL customers will have paid $247 million towards units 6 and 7. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not yet issued the operating license for the project slated to be completed by 2028.

Juno Beach based FPL’s Turkey Point plant is home to two nuclear reactors, known as units 3 and 4. The plant’s two-by-five mile unlined earthen cooling canal system has caused an underwater saltwater plume that has spread roughly 5 miles west of the plant, an administrative law judge found in February.

The cooling canals have been linked to pollutants in Biscayne Bay and into ground water, according to data released by Miami-Dade County. http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/04/20/court-overturns-states-approval-of-two-proposed-turkey-point-reactors/

April 22, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA

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It is great to inform local community citizens of these environmental concerns but how about the fact that 1) studies reveal increases in cancer incidences specially among children and women living near nuclear reactors; all linked to radioactive contamination released during routine reactor clean ups (downwind and local food vegetation which is not tested for contamination), 2) current cooling canals are not lined, and thus contaminate our local underground water sources, 3) the old Turkey Point reactors are not adecuately built to deal with sea level rise, and 4) the huge amount of radioactive waste kept above ground within the reactors property bounds since for decades there are still no designated waste depository grounds in the United States.

Unfortunately, these facts were not part of the lawsuit. Birds, snails, transmission lines, finances, regulations, legalize were covered. How come human dangers were not the main focus?The truth is that we do not have to wait for another nuclear meltdown catastrophy; we have and continue receiving increasing harmful radiation daily which goes poorly reported by the media, politicians and government officials.

Is it because they know the solution to this life-threatening situation is to stop making more radiation and the influential nuclear industry and powerful military
forces oppose it?

Comment by Joaquin Perez | May 27, 2016 | Reply

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