NRC: 2 Reactors Shut Down At FPL's Turkey Point -Report (FL blackout update) [View All]

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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200802261515DOWJONESDJONLINE000755_FORTUNE5.htm

Two nuclear reactors at Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point station in South Florida shut down Tuesday afternoon, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said, The St. Petersberg Times reported on its Web site.

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It is unclear if the loss of power caused the massive outages that left millions of Floridians without power or if the outage caused the reactors to trip, the newspaper said.

"Turkey Point temporarily lost off-site power, and both reactors tripped," said NRC spokesman Roger Hannah, according to the newspaper.

The massive power outage left institutions and intersections throughout the state in the dark, the newspaper said.

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