http://wlrn.org en http://wlrn.org/post/fpl-turkey-point-expansion-project <p></p> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman and Paul Leary 8918 at http://wlrn.org FPL Turkey Point Expansion Project http://wlrn.org/post/plug-be-pulled-stricken-florida-nuke <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Disabled by bungled repair work more tan three years ago, Duke Energy's Crystal River nuclear power plant will not be reactivated, company officials have concluded.</span></p><p>The plant in Citrus County on Florida's west coast will become he first in the Southeastern U. S. to close.</p><p>Four coal-fired generators will remain in place at the Crystal River site and the company is considering whether to build a new natural gas generator to replace the energy that the 900-megawatt CR3 nuke has produced since it opened in 1977.</p> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:21:28 +0000 Rick Stone 8932 at http://wlrn.org Plug To Be Pulled On Stricken Florida Nuke