/tags/turkey-point Turkey Point en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2025-03-19/turkey-point-fpl-pollution-nuclear To save a coastal wetlands, county officials worry Florida Power & Light is jeopardizing the ongoing clean-up of a saltwater plume in South Florida drinking water aquifer. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2025-03-19/turkey-point-fpl-pollution-nuclear Jenny Staletovich /environment/2025-01-16/fpl-turkey-point-facility Miami-Dade County and Florida Power and Light officials Wednesday celebrated the opening of a new facility aimed at making the Turkey Point power plant more resilient. Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:03:09 GMT /environment/2025-01-16/fpl-turkey-point-facility Julia Cooper /environment/2024-07-18/turkey-point-license-renewal-climate-environment-nuclear The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board heard new challenges from Miami Waterkeeper over environmental impacts stemming from extending the 1970s-era South Florida nuclear reactor operations to 80 years. "We actually don't know how an aging plant like that will hold up, especially in the face of climate change,â€� the group argued. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:56:34 GMT /environment/2024-07-18/turkey-point-license-renewal-climate-environment-nuclear Jenny Staletovich /news/2022-02-25/nuclear-regulators-reverse-turkey-point-operating-license-extensions Regulators said the extensions until the 2050s were based on outdated environmental information. The reversal now allows FPL's South Florida reactors to remain in operation for another decade. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:17:28 GMT /news/2022-02-25/nuclear-regulators-reverse-turkey-point-operating-license-extensions Jenny Staletovich /news/2022-02-21/judge-backs-fpl-in-permit-fight-for-canal-system-in-miami-dade An administrative law judge ruled the state should renew a permit for a massive canal system at the Florida Power & Light plant in Miami-Dade County, rejecting arguments about threats to Monroe County’s water supply and Biscayne Bay. Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:30:00 GMT /news/2022-02-21/judge-backs-fpl-in-permit-fight-for-canal-system-in-miami-dade Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /2021-04-14/floridas-piney-point-crisis-covid-19-vaccinations-in-prisons-the-anxieties-of-a-post-pandemic-world A catastrophe was averted at Piney Point, but what about all of our other estuaries and waterways? Thousands of prisoners in Florida are finally getting their vaccines. Plus, the isolation we’ve struggled with over the past year due to the pandemic could have long-term effects. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:21:35 GMT /2021-04-14/floridas-piney-point-crisis-covid-19-vaccinations-in-prisons-the-anxieties-of-a-post-pandemic-world Suria Rimer, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /2020-09-01/nuclear-regulators-inspecting-turkey-point-after-reactor-shut-down The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent a team of inspectors to Turkey Point this week after Unit 3, the older of two reactors, was shut down three times in four days. Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:29:50 GMT /2020-09-01/nuclear-regulators-inspecting-turkey-point-after-reactor-shut-down Jenny Staletovich /environment/2020-05-14/turkey-point-is-about-to-get-a-new-pollution-permit-critics-say-not-so-fast Opposition is mounting to a proposed pollution permit that would, for the first time, allow water seeping from a 5,900-acre network of cooling canals at… Thu, 14 May 2020 17:15:06 GMT /environment/2020-05-14/turkey-point-is-about-to-get-a-new-pollution-permit-critics-say-not-so-fast Jenny Staletovich /environment/2019-12-05/nuclear-regulators-extend-life-of-turkey-point-reactors-to-80-years The Nuclear Regulatory Agency granted two controversial license extensions to Turkey Point’s aging nuclear reactors on Thursday.The 20-year extensions -… Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:32:03 GMT /environment/2019-12-05/nuclear-regulators-extend-life-of-turkey-point-reactors-to-80-years Jenny Staletovich /2018-07-27/hot-weather-spells-trouble-for-nuclear-power-plants-in-europe Multiple nuclear power facilities in Europe have reduced their electricity production because seawater, which is used to keep the reactors cool, has been warmer than usual. Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:41:00 GMT /2018-07-27/hot-weather-spells-trouble-for-nuclear-power-plants-in-europe Rebecca Hersher