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Sandy A Warning Rising Seas Threaten Nuclear Plants
2013-10-21 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As Hurricane Sandy barreled ashore a year ago, the storm forced the shutdown of several Northeast coastal nuclear power reactors, including the Oyster Creek plant on the Jersey Shore, which took the brunt of Sandy's huge storm surge. Another reactor at Indian Point Energy Center north of New York City shutdown because of power grid disruptions, and a third reactor in southern New Jersey shutdown when Sandy knocked out four of its circulating water pumps. No nuclear power plant in Sandy's path...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical