Hurricane Wilma causes only minor plant damage, FP&L says

Philadelphia (Platts)--24Oct2005

Hurricane Wilma appeared to cause only minimal damage to Florida Power &
Light's four nuclear units, the utility said early Monday afternoon.

     FP&L shut down the two 850-MW nuclear units at its St. Lucie station near
Fort Pierce and one of the two 700-MW nuclear units at its Turkey Point
station south of Miami in advance of the storm, a spokesman said. The other
Turkey Point unit already had been off line for a scheduled refueling.

    "There doesn't appear to be any significant damage" to any of FP&L's
nuclear or other units, the spokesman said. He added, however, that more
detailed inspections of the units will be taking place Monday afternoon and
Tuesday. He declined to estimate when the nuclear units will be returned to
service. 

    Progress Energy Florida's nuclear and other units did not suffer any
damage, a spokeswoman for the utility said. FP&L's service territory took the
brunt of the storm, while the storm only brushed the Progress area.

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