FACTBOX-U.S. nuclear units in the path of Hurricane Sandy
2:12PM ET on Friday Oct 26, 2012 by Thomson Reuters
Oct 26 (Reuters) - U.S. electric companies from Maine to Florida are preparing for heavy wind, rain and flooding that could take down power lines and could close some East Coast nuclear plants early next week when Hurricane Sandy comes ashore.
There are more than a dozen nuclear plants near Hurricane Sandy's path in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut, providing power to millions of customers in the region.
The following lists the nuclear reactors and utilities in Sandy's potential path.
Plant State Size Company (MW) Brunswick North Carolina 1,858 Duke Surry Virginia 1,638 Dominion North Anna Virginia 1,863 Dominion Calvert Cliffs Maryland 1,705 Constellation Salem New Jersey 2,332 PSEG Hope Creek New Jersey 1,161 PSEG Peach Bottom Pennsylvania 2,244 Exelon Limerick Pennsylvania 2,264 Exelon Three Mile Island Pennsylvania 805 Exelon Susquehanna Pennsylavnia 2,450 PPL Oyster Creek New Jersey 615 Exelon Indian Point New York 2,063 Entergy Millstone Connecticut 2,102 Dominion Pilgrim Massachusetts 685 Entergy Seabrook New Hampshire 1,247 NextEra Vermont Yankee Vermont 620 Entergy (Reporting By Scott DiSavino; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer)
NRC Monitors Nuclear Plants in Hurricane's Projected Path 26 Oct 2012 Nuclear reactors in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast are being monitored for potential impacts by Hurricane Sandy, a Category 1 storm that may strike anywhere from Delaware to southern New England. "Because of the size of it, we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants," Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in Philadelphia for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone today. "We will station inspectors at the sites if we know they could be directly impacted." The NRC met earlier today to discuss the necessary precautions to take for the storm, Sheehan said. Plants must begin to shut if wind speeds exceed certain limits, he said.
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