Florida nuclear plants to shut ahead of Hurricane Irma

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2. I'm hardly an expert on nuclear, but these precautions were mentioned in the article:

Fortunately, we learned from Fukushima.


Gould said FPL might have to turn off some substations ahead of any major flooding, a technique that could help the company restore power faster once any floodwaters recede, rather than keeping them on and allowing the storm to damage them.

FPL’s nuclear plants are protected by thick concrete and reinforced steel and like many plants around the world were bolstered further after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Gould said.

A series of explosions and meltdowns occurred at the Fukushima nuclear plant after a massive earthquake unleashed a powerful tsunami that shut the facility’s cooling systems and led to meltdowns.