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WMNF 88.5 FM: Nuclear workers still looking for compensation

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:01:51 -0000

Beginning in 1957, Pinellas County was home to a plant that built triggers for nuclear weapons. Some of that Largo plant’s former workers claim that they were exposed to toxic substances and are fighting for compensation.

Dave Bossard worked at the General Electric Neutron Devices plant for 34 years and eventually became a supervisor. His duties included supervising the area that contained the chemical storage building. He said the workers were exposed to 473 “deadly toxins … chemicals and radiation” that are still causing diseases in former workers.

Tags: nuclear n-weapons workers compensation contamination

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Alan Farago: Nuclear Florida

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:35:42 -0000

There is a reason Miami-Dade County in Southern Florida is the first place where America's utility industry is moving forward with new nuclear capacity in three decades.

In Miami, Florida Power & Light found public officials malleable as silly putty, willing to allow a local agreement with a wink to substitute for solid facts that the public had the right to know: where the cooling water will come from at a time of chronic drought, where the water--more than 50 million gallons per day-- will go when it is evaporated, and what will its effects be on public health and the environment

Tags: nuclear energy economics climatechange fl

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Village's Residents Live on Deadly Turf | TheLedger.com

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:18 -0000

TALLEVAST | In this deeply rooted village in Southwest Florida, it's not unusual to find generations of the same family living doors apart. Now these lifelong settlers are bracing for their hamlet to die.

The water in this black community tucked between Bradenton and Sarasota is poisoned with cancer-causing chemicals leaked from an old beryllium plant that anchors the neighborhood of 80 homes.

Tags: beryllium nuclear safety fl n-waste

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Electric bills will rise to pay for new nuclear plants - 05/05/2008 - MiamiHerald.com

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:24:46 -0000

Your electric bill is likely to go up $2 a month or more next year to start paying for the new nuclear power plants that Florida Power & Light hopes to put in service in 10 or 12 years.

Tags: nuclear energy economics reactor development

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Bradenton.com | 05/03/2008 | FPL petition may bump electric bills 2 percent

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:14:12 -0000

Florida Power and Light filed with the Public Service Commission a request to recover costs incurred so far on two key nuclear projects: expansion of the power capacity at our nuclear power plants at Turkey Point and St. Lucie, and the addition of two nuclear units at the Turkey Point power plant complex.

If approved by the Public Service Commission, beginning January 2009 consumer electric bills may increase by slightly more than 2 percent.

Tags: nuclear energy rates economics fpl

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Bradenton.com | 04/29/2008 | Tallevast cancer study one step closer

Fri, 02 May 2008 08:42:32 -0000

TALLEVAST --
One month after concerned community leaders asked for a cancer study, state and local health officials visited Tallevast on Monday to start preliminary plans.

The state's quick response gives Tallevast hope their concerns will be heard, said Laura Ward, president of FOCUS, an advocacy group for residents.

Tallevast residents believe the high numbers of cancers and neurological disorders in their community are linked to contamination traced back to a former beryllium plant. Now known to cover more than 200 acres, the toxic waste includes industrial chemicals known to cause cancer and other illnesses.

Tags: nuclear n-waste cleanup contamination fl

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