Two nuclear plants are directly in the line of fire when it comes to Hurricane Irma making landfall. Executives and owners of the plants are already preparing to shut down their nuclear reactors. If the reactors were to fail during the storm, the damage to the Atlantic ocean and the surrounding area would be unprecedented. Although one of the strongest nuclear grids in North America, it by no means can survive 185 mile per hour winds. After the Hurricane passes, the director of the plant plans to reinforce the steel and concrete bunker surrounding the reactors.
People talk an awful lot about the threat of Nuclear warfare in the world today...but what about nuclear plants failing. Chernobyl is a perfect example of what happens when nuclear reactors go haywire. If the reactors in Florida became compromised, a huge cloud of radiation would shoot into the sky and travel over the Atlantic Ocean. Also, nuclear waste would seep into the ocean and kill everything around it. Finally, it would make the areas near it completely uninhabitable. Climate change has really gone too far..humans really need to step up to the plate.
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