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Friday, August 26, 2011

'Hurricane Irene prompts nuclear plants to batten hatches'

from nj.com.......

"More than a dozen nuclear reactors along the U.S. East Coast are being prepared for potential loss of power and damage from high winds and storm surges as Hurricane Irene bears down on the region.

Nuclear plants in Irene’s path continued to operate as workers secured loose equipment, checked diesel fuel supplies for backup generators and stowed cots and food for workers who may be stranded during the storm.
At Dominion Resources Inc.’s Millstone nuclear station, which sits on a narrow peninsula in the Long Island Sound near Waterford, Connecticut, workers were examining flood barriers and submarine doors designed to keep reactors dry from a hurricane’s storm surge".............READ MORE

2 comments:

  1. We in Southern MD are getting ready for Irene. We have a nuclear reactor here in Calvert County. See www.thebaynet.com for local coverage. Currently we're under a hurricane warning - which means it's coming our way.

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  2. please be careful.............God Bless You

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