The Latest: Duke Energy shuts down nuclear plants in path - 9 & 10 News: MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local):
10:45 a.m.
Duke Energy Corp. is shutting down a coastal North Carolina nuclear power plant ahead of Hurricane Florence.
The electricity provider says it began powering down one reactor early Thursday and would start shutting the second reactor later in the day. Florence was projected to reach land Friday near the plant located about five miles from the Atlantic Ocean near Southport.
The Brunswick plant's two reactors share the same design as those in Fukushima, Japan, that exploded and leaked radiation following
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