U.S. Nuclear Reactors Weather Storm Without Losing Power
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More than a dozen nuclear plants in the path of Hurricane Irene along the U.S. East Coast safely weathered the storm’s passage without losing power to their reactors, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Two reactors were taken offline because of the storm; one in New Jersey as a precaution and one in Maryland after damage from storm-blown debris triggered an automatic shutdown.