"WASHINGTON — Workers are unable to enter or leave Duke Energy's 1.978-GW Brunswick nuclear plant near Wilmington, North Carolina, following flooding around the station, the company said in a regulatory report Monday.
The issue is not a safety concern, since two shifts of workers are onsite and the utility placed food and water supplies at the plant in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence Friday, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Roger Hannah said Monday.
The hurricane made landfall near Wilmington Friday morning before moving west and south as it gradually lost strength ,and was downgraded to a tropical storm later Friday. Duke shut both reactors at the Brunswick station Thursday to comply with a requirement that the units be shut several hours in advance of the arrival of hurricane-force winds at the site."
Advertisement 
