As Sea Levels Rise, Are Coastal Nuclear Plants Ready? (nationalgeographic.com)

mdsolar writes with this National Geographic story about the danger of rising sea levels to low-lying power plants across the country. According to the story: "Just east of the Homestead-Miami Speedway, off Florida's Biscayne Bay, two nuclear reactors churn out enough electricity to power nearly a million homes. The Turkey Point plant is licensed to continue doing so until at least 2032. At some point after that, if you believe the direst government projections, a good part of the low-lying site could be underwater. So could at least 13 other U.S. nuclear plants, as the world's seas continue to rise. Their vulnerability, and that of many others, raises serious questions for the future."

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Re:At My Door

[TWX]

They had made plans for the storage of nuclear waste, and spent billions of dollars preparing the facility. They were then told that they couldn't do that and had to stop.

Note, I am not discussing the technical merits of the facility in question, I am merely pointing out that there was a plan.