This photo from Nov. 16, 2011 shows a cooling canal (foreground right) and the 2 nuclear reactor containment buildings at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead.

As shown on the map, there’s a fourth nuclear power plant site in Michigan, called Big Rock Point, near Charlevoix. But it hasn’t been operational since 1997. Big Rock Point is still in the ...

In advance of Hurricane Irma, officials from Florida Power and Light (FPL) announced on Thursday that the utility would start shutting down the state’s only two nuclear power plants—Turkey ...

Noting that the power plant was still being dismantled, some social media users feared that the battering the Florida coastline is already experiencing could lead to a nuclear leak.. One X ...

The state producing the most nuclear power was Illinois, which produced 7,654 MWh. This is expected, as Illinois has more nuclear power plants than any other state in the U.S., with 11 reactors.

Nuclear plants generate about 13 percent of Florida’s electricity, according to a state House analysis, with Florida Power & Light operating the St. Lucie and Turkey Point plants.

Since then, plant operator Florida Power and Lights has tagged more than 8,000 crocodile hatchlings. According to their estimates of the 2022 season, the nuclear plant’s canal saw a record, with ...