Florida Nuclear Plants Ready to Shut Down as Dorian Threat Looms
- Closure to begin if hurricane-force winds predicted at sites
- State has two plants, St. Lucie and Turkey Point, owned by FPL
The Turkey Point nuclear reactor building in Homestead, Florida.
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Florida’s two nuclear plants are ready to shut down if forecasts show hurricane-force winds hitting the facilities when Dorian finally moves on shore.
Both plants -- St. Lucie, north of Palm Beach, and Turkey Point, south of Miami -- sit on Florida’s Atlantic coast, and both lie within the possible path of the storm.