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As Harvey Raged, Workers Stayed at Nuclear Plant's Controls

  • Despite heavy rain, South Texas Project runs at full capacity
  • Biggest challenge is finding workers who can return to plant
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Hurricane Harvey Pummels Houston Area With Floods

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As Hurricane Harvey bore down on them, workers remained at the controls of Texas’s biggest nuclear power plant, keeping the lights on for 2 million customers even while some of their own homes were flooded.

Teams of employees have been stationed at the South Texas Project power plant since early Friday. While the site is 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Houston and avoided the worst of the deadly storm, it had to cope with heavy rain and flooding on nearby roads that made it difficult for people to get around.