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Cabinet OKs Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Expansion

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Governor Rick Scott and the state Cabinet approved the utility's plan to add two new reactors to the Turkey Point nuclear power plant. But the expansion comes with 89 miles of high-voltage cable that will carry the power to the grid...past some very unhappy residents and property owners. WLRN-Miami Herald reporter Rick Stone has that story.

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