[NukeNet] Florida USA, nuke upgrades and new nuke plants go unopposed.

[Minimushomines at aol.com]

Hi all, 
 
For now I'll speak in generalities but when we get a few people  together 
I'll be more specific of line then.
 
Is anyone available / interested in helping build a case against the  two new 
nuke plants proposed by FP&L for South Florida, USA. The Public  Service 
Commission has been petitioned by FP&L for a determination of need  for the 
facilities. The Deadline to intervene is next Monday, DEC. 3. There is a  specific 
form and process to work with. It's not rocket science. 
 
My wife Jan and I are customers of FP&L and are also principals in The  
Florida Alliance For a Clean Environment. We have experience representing  
ourselves "pro se" successfully at the State level, opposing a trash  incinerator a 
while back, and more recently a coal plant. We intervened in  the coal plant 
case representing ourselves in front of the Florida Public  service Commission. 
We didn't like the case the larger 'E organizations were  presenting so we got 
involved ourselves.
 
We have no expectation of winning this nuke case nor do we expect to  lose it.
It seems a shame to let this FP&L application pass without challenging  it in 
front of the PSC.
 
We need expert testimony in at least three areas;
 
1) nuclear economics, showing the uncertainty of the cost of a new  facility. 
how unstable and potentially expensive it will be.
 
2) the availability of clean alternatives and efficiencies and their  ability 
if fully implemented in Florida to delay the need for nukes now and  forever.
 
3)  philosophy to explaining how "reasonable" in relation to  clean energy 
options vs nuclear, in the age of climate change, requires a  resetting of 
rational proportional thinking.
 
We have the reports and arguments documented, what we need is the people  
experts to stand with us against the proposal and testify. 
 
The link to the petition is below. We have little money. We are  
environmentalist, essentially in this as a labor of  
love.................................................We are not corporate  environmentalist or self interested 
consultants.
 
_http://www.psc.state.fl.us/library/filings/07/09443-07/09443-07.pdf_ 
(http://www.psc.state.fl.us/library/filings/07/09443-07/09443-07.pdf) 
 
If we can put a case together Jan and I will take it to the mat. If we  don't 
speak up at every opportunity against nuclear power what does  that say about 
our capacity to manage this issue. Think about it, please.
We have and can make a difference.
 
Later
Bob Krasowski  
The Florida Alliance for a Clean Environment
Naples, Fl. 34103
_Alliance4cleanfl at aol.com_ (mailto:Alliance4cleanfl at aol.com) 
239-963-6285 
 
 (http://www.psc.state.fl.us/library/filings/07/09443-07/09443-07.pdf)  



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