A decision from the organizers to extend the age of two of the oldest reactors in US contracts outside their original permits nuclear A disaster in the densely populated south FloridaEnvironmental warning groups.
the Miami The aging water guard says Türkiye’s point attached In South Miami Dead Province, which was built in 1967 and power generation for an urban area covering about 3 million people, it is especially exposed to floods and excessive heat from Climate emergencyPartially due to its low status and coastal exposure to a large hurricane.
The group told that one of the main risks, a general meeting in Miami this week, is the pollution of drinking water in Pescain groundwater layer On which the factory and the two nuclear units sit.
Consultants said last month that the owners of the factory, Florida Power & Light, said, He will not fulfill a decisive final date To clean the poisonous water pillar produced in the network of cooling channels that were approaching fresh water wells.
Perhaps, activists fear the potential consequences of Unprecedented By the Nuclear Regulatory Committee (NRC) to expand the license for Türkiye Point until 2053, which is the opposite Rejection earlier.
They point out that Florida’s nuclear power reactions are already among the oldest 94 currently operates in the United StatesBeyond the age of the island reactor three miles in Pennsylvania, which suffered from a partial collapse in 1979 in The worst nuclear accident in the country Radiation leaks. Chornobyl factory in Ukraine, site 1986 a disaster.
Türkiye Point is also considered at the same age as the Fukushima Dychi factory in Japan, which is similarly located on a coastal line that is exposed to harsh weather events, and where an earthquake and 2011 tsunami It sparked a nuclear disaster.
Rachel Silvravstein, CEO of the company said Miami Witr goalkeeper, who worked with the Friends of the Earth and the Council of Defense of Natural Resources on legislation to try to prevent the extension of the license.
“Turkey Point was the first reactor in the country to apply for 80 years, and no one in the world has run a nuclear power plant in 80 years. They all came online in the early 1970s and passed the first licensing accessories in the thirties of the twentieth century, more or less.
“Now, because the world is looking for low -carbon energy sources, we are looking to extend the operating license for all these plants in the coming decades. Our position is not hostile to nuclear weapons, but if we will rely on nuclear weapons in the coming decades as an essential source of energy it will help us to address climate risk, we must also think about climate risk on plants.
“We must be clear about these risks, and we must raise, fortify, prepare these plants for storms, floods, to rise sea level, dehydration, and heat.”
The Silvstein Group has established a partnership with the Miccosukee tribe from the Indians in Florida, whose grandparents cover a large part of South Florida, to resume NRC decision to allow Turkey to become the first to test the external borders of “The base of 80 years” To obtain licensing accessories for nuclear power reactors.
They argue that the organizers failed to confess properly Critical report From the government accountability office, which was published last year, which stated that climate change, “it was expected to exacerbate the natural risks that pose risks” to Türkiye Point.
The report also indicated that instead of issuing martyrdom or fines, the regulator’s response to the FPL breach was to the maximum temperature of the permitted cooling water 100f (38 ° C) during an accident in 2014 is to raise the acceptable number to 104f, which is the amount of excess.
Meanwhile, environmental scientists insist on the true operational age of nuclear power generation facilities Point to the data He explains that among the American plants that were built before 1973, half of them were stopped within 40 years.
According to the headquarters SEACOAST for the Periodic Perfection: “In most cases, the plants simply wore, collapsed or operated properly.”
FPL provided a detailed response to the concerns broadcast by MIAMI Wateercerer, saying that Turkey Point was built more than 20 feet above sea level, which is higher than any storm registered in the south FloridaAnd she won a direct success from Hurricane Andrew 5 Series in 1992, which had no effect on the critical infrastructure of the facility.
“Safety is the cornerstone of our nuclear operations. Bill Orlov, FPL spokesperson, said all of our nuclear plants are designed to withstand earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural events that are stronger than ever in their areas.”
“Over the course of 10 years, the FPL has invested more than two million dollars to upgrade nuclear units in Turkey … We continue to invest millions of dollars during planned interruptions and routine maintenance to make improvements at the Turkey point to ensure its safe, long -term and reliable operations and their integration with other clean energy sources, including validity and batteries.”
Orlove said that high -capacity pumps provide additional backup water for safety systems and operators can close the factory within seconds during any emergency.
