Hurricane Sandy and Nuclear Reactors

As a followup to Rosa's post, here are a few articles on the impact of Hurricane Sandy on nuclear reactors on the East Coast.

USA Today article on the shutdown of three nuclear power plants due to the storm.  As this article explains, back-up systems worked as they were supposed to in each case. 

The nuclear industry claims this is proof that everything is working as it should, as described in this article from the EnergyBiz website. 

Some commentators have taken the opposite view:  that Hurricane Sandy showed us serious vulnerabilities.  Here's one example from the Washington Post.





(In other miscellaneous nuclear news, here's an interesting article about cheating on certification exams by nuclear weapons facility personnel, from the New York Times. )