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CASE | Citizens Allied for Safe Energy, Inc.

The CASE against Florida Power and Light, Inc. (FPL) and for

a new business model for energy production and distribution

in South Florida.

Turkey Point is a Fukushima in waiting; they share

common provenances.

Both are among the worst possible sites for a power plant ofany type. Both reactor sites are seaside locations subject to

storm surge and sea level rise. Though Turkey Point has low

seismic risk, it has yet to experience a Category Five

hurricane; Andrew in 1992 was a Category Three at Turkey

Point, the strongest force documented there. The storm surge

there in 1992 was only 5.5 compared to 17 feet up the bay.

The nuclear plants at Turkey Point are engineered to

withstand wind, but not water. If a storm surge were to meet

height expectations, wind-driven seawater would flood the

lower buildings, including the emergency generator room.

Nuclear power in Japan and the U.S. both enjoy an unholy al-

liance between the the regulators and the regulated. In the

U.S., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, the Adminis-

trative Law Judges, the Florida Public Service Commission

Staff and our Commissioners almost never find petitioners or

critics to have a valid contention; they almost always support

the power companies. Can citizens be wrong 98% of the

time?

Fukushima was not an accident. It was an actuarial event

waiting to happen.Japan put six reactors in an area subject

to tsunamis and seismic activity; it was just a matter of time.FPL has built reactors on a coastline subject to hurricanes,

storm surge, and sea level rise; it is just a matter of time.

It can happen here. Without cooling water, heat builds up

causing record explosions and meltdowns. Since nuclear

plants must have an offsite electrical power source, in an

emergency, that connection can be lost, as in Fukushima.

The emergency generators can fail, as they did recently in

the U.S. and in Fukushima. Battery power can run down, as

in Fukushima. Roads can be blocked by wave-tossed objects,

as in Fukushima. Fukushima was said to be protected,

unsuccessfully, with five levels of redundancy. FPL makes thesame argument for Turkey Point.

The NRC and Florida PSC have refused to recognize:

Emergency managers cannot evacuate the 200,000residents near Turkey Point in a timely manner.

The distribution plan for potassium will not work and ispredicated on the assumpution that it will not be needed.

Dr. Harold Wanless Climate Change study for SouthFlorida exists and is reality but is being ignored.

The cost of building new nuclear reactors has becomeprohibitive; Wall Street will not finance them but theFederal Government, a.k.a. you, will underwrite them.

FPL has made public statements that nuclear reactorsare too expensive to build, yet pursue licensing at our

expense. The CEO of GE said Its just hard to justify

nuclear, really hard. Gas is so cheap and at some point,

really, economics rule.

Turkey Point cannot be built economically. Florida

power companies will have spent over $1.3 Billion ofour money in advance Nuclear Cost Recovery funds

whether or not the plants are ever built; this was

approved by the PSC..

FPLs feasibility analysis for TP 6 & 7 was constructedfrom retrospective cost calculations (not prospective)

that underestimated costs by 50-70%.

FPLs determination of need was based on over-optimistic estimates of future power needs in Florida

that have not come to pass.

The Story of Turkey Point

Nuclear Reactors 3 & 4

Turkey Point 3 & 4 are 40 years old but they have been

authorized by the NRC for another twenty years of use.

Some nuclear scientists say the container is now as

brittle as a potato chip and the NRC standards have

been reduced twice.

Hypersaline water from the cooling canals at TurkeyPoint are already salinating the local aquifer.Tritium

studies show that Turkey Point saline has reached

the well fields that supply water to parts of South

Dade and the entire Florida Keys.

168 miles of cooling canals for Turkey Point 3 & 4

already have salinity twice that of sea water andFPL is increasing the energy production of Turkey

Point 3 & 4 by 30% by increasing the operating

temperature which will further increase thesalinity in the cooling canals.

Nuclear is Unsafe, Costly, and Outdated.

Turkey Point is in a flood zone and in a stormsurge zone in one of the most environmentally

sensitive areas in the world located between two

national parks, one on Biscayne Bay and the other,

the unique and precious Everglades. Turkey Point

sits atop the water supply for all of the FloridaKeys and most of South Miami-Dade County, all

already on permanent water rationing.

The proposed reactor for Turkey Point 6 & 7, the

Westinghouse AP 1000, has never been used in

actual production. The reactor cooling system will

use 90,000,000 gallons of reclaimed water daily,

equal to the daily consumption for Miami-Dade

County.

Under the Nulear Cost Recovery Act, FPL has

already spent $248,000,000 and is asking for$196,000,000 for this next year in planning for

Turkey Point 6 & 7 which will probably never be

built, all monies to be paid by the rate payers.

CASE is joining with others to repeal this Act.

Recent epidemiological studies have shown that

people living near transmission lines have twice

the rates of Alzheimer's disease and childhood

leukemia.

FPL bottom line:Maximum ProfitCASE bottom line:No Turkey Point 6 & 7

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CASE is a non-profit corporation dedicated tothe use of safe, economical, renewable en-ergy sources and to decentralized production

and distribution of energy in Florida.

CASE will use every legal means to stop thesiting, licensing and early cost recovery by

FPL for Turkey Point 6 & 7 which will costevery homeowner about $6500 or 3% of thevalue of their home, if approved and built.

CASE advocates the use of renewable alter-native energy sources instead of nuclear andfossil fuels; energy efficiency at the point of

production and energy conservation at the

point of use; and decentralization ofpower

production.

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C.A.S.E | Citizens Allied for Safe Energy, Inc.www.case-fl.org | info@case-fl.org

Barry J.WhitePRESIDENT

Steve ShowenVICE PRESIDENT

Dr. Philip StoddardSECRETARY

Gray ReadDIRECTOR

Cathy GilbertDIRTECTOR

Walter HarrisADVISOR

Dr Harold WanlessADVISOR

Michael HatcherADVISOR

FPL's parent company is the largest producer of windand solar power in the nation yet FPL wants to build twonew nuclear reactors because they will not have to pay for

them.YOU WILL!

FPL says TP 6&7 will cost $18 Billion but the real cost will

about $27 Billion or $6,137 per home or about 3% of yourhome's value, and then they own the reactors. Sweet.

SAFETY: FPL received the largest fine ($25,000,000) ever

imposed on a power company for failure to follow proce-dures during a substation repair causing a statewideblackout.

NEED: If we reduce energy consumption by 10% we will

not need Turkey Point 6 & 7 or any other new power plant

in South Florida for the foreseeable future.There is nocurrent need for more power here.

Creative ways of financing renewables on homes and

businesses, such as PACE and solar leasing must be used

and further developed.

Citizens Allied for

Safe Energy, Inc.

www.CASE-FL.org

CASE is a Florida non-profit corporation dedicated to

preventing the licensure of Turkey Point 6 & 7 for FPL

and to the use of safe, economical and renewable

energy sources and to decentralized, distributed

production of renewable energy in Florida.

CASE is a volunteer grassroots effort by

citizens of Miami-Dade County. There are no paid

officials or staff. But websites, printing, legal fees,

consultants and attorneys do cost money.

CASE is asking for every FPL power user to

contribute $50, or whatever you can afford,

toward these costs. CASE will never release its

supporters or contributors names to anyone

without their permission.

Please join us in this effort to prevent Turkey Point

6 & 7 from ever being built and to bring the latest

technologies for decentralized production of

renewable energy to our homes and businesses.

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Thank you for your support and involvement!

Contact CASE: info@case-fl.org, 305-505-9011www.CASE-FL.org

In 1882 Edison produced

power at one point and sent itover wires; 130 years later

decentralized production of

renewable energy is 21st

Century technology, not

carbuncles on the Bay in astorm surge and hurricane

prone area subject to

sea level rise.