Ageing nuclear plant in Florida at risk from climate crisis, advocates warn | Regulators extended the life of two of the oldest US reactors in Miami. Millions of people in the area are now vulnerable

The solution is to fire the regulators, of course.

So my wife has an ex-husband who lives in Texas (by choice - loves it there, owns “let’s go Brandon” stuff). They’ve been divorced long enough that their interactions are cordial. She’s a civil servant, and she mentioned to him that all the attacks on federal workers have her worried about her job. His response to this, and many many things, was, “you’ll be fine.”

All this is to say, I think when conservatives don’t understand or don’t want to think about things, they default to “it’ll be fine.” And it will… Until it isn’t. Then they look for who to blame.

(NRC) to extend Turkey Point’s operating license to 2053, a reversal of its earlier refusal.

Would make it 86 years old. One of its design criteria is that cooling water must be below 100F. This got exceeded last year, and regulators said NP. New limit is the 104F it hit. Last couple of years, coastal waters around FL have been over 100F.

Reactors this age usually ask for expensive maintenance work to extend operations often just 5 years, Zero mention of this likely means no NRC inspection. These sites were refused an extension in 2019.

Turkey Point survived Hurricane Andrew at full force, but, when it goes underwater due to rising sea level, so will the majority of South Florida.