Bernie rejects Nuclear as Clean Energy, and: Nuclear Plant Leak Threatens Drinking Water Wells in Fl

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Nuclear Plant Leak Threatens Drinking Water Wells in Florida

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ MARCH 22, 2016

The Turkey Point nuclear power plant, south of Miami. A recent study found that its old cooling canal system was leaking polluted water into Biscayne Bay. Credit Roberto Koltun/El Nuevo Herald, via Associated Press

MIAMI — When Florida’s largest power company added two nuclear reactors to an existing plant that sat between two national parks — Biscayne Bay and the Everglades — the decision raised the concerns of environmentalists and some government officials about the possible effects on water quality and marine life.

Now more than four decades later, Florida Power & Light’s reactors at Turkey Point, built to satisfy the power needs of a booming Miami, are facing their greatest crisis. A recent study commissioned by the county concluded that Turkey Point’s old cooling canal system was leaking polluted water into Biscayne Bay.

This has raised alarm among county officials and environmentalists that the plant, which sits on the coastline, is polluting the bay’s surface waters and its fragile ecosystem. In the past two years, bay waters near the plant have had a large saltwater plume that is slowly moving toward wells several miles away that supply drinking water to millions of residents in Miami and the Florida Keys....

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/us/nuclear-plant-leak-threatens-drinking-water-wells-in-florida.html

While Sanders Rejects It, Clinton Embraces Nuclear as Part of 'Clean-Energy' Vision

The two candidates battling for the Democratic presidential nomination are divided as to whether nuclear power qualifies as "clean energy"

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/21/while-sanders-rejects-it-clinton-embraces-nuclear-part-clean-energy-vision