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| 10/29/2012

"Nuclear development is facing the perfect storm."

-- Duke vice president Chris Fallon

Duke Energy will update Florida regulators Tuesday on the status of the broken Crystal River nuclear plant and a report that says it could cost up to $3.5 billion to fix.

The real issue, though, is much bigger: whether the company has any nuclear future in Florida at all.

Duke acknowledged as much at a nuclear industry conference last week.

Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.

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