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HOUSTON, May 6 (Reuters) – Nuclear power-plant operators
are monitoring forecasts for the rising waters of the
Mississippi River and preparing to shut plants later in the
month if flooding threatens access to sites or operation of
plant safety systems, a regulator said on Friday.
High water is not expected to disrupt operations at nuclear
plants located along rivers in the Midwest, but Entergy Corp
(ETR.N: Quote) officials are preparing for high water at three reactor
sites along the Mississippi River from near Vicksburg,
Mississippi, to New Orleans, a company spokesman said.
Entergy’s 1,268-megawatt Grand Gulf nuclear station in
Claiborne County, Mississippi, may be the most vulnerable,
officials said, based on government forecasts for the river to
reach a high of 57.5 feet (17.5 meters) on May 20, some 14 feet
above flood stage. . . .

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN0629012320110506 NOTE: This article from Reuters is put under their ‘news from Africa’ section (????)

Everything’s fine, folks…. move along ….