Nuclear power plant shuts down after lightning strikes

Wolf Creek Generating Station officials Thursday were investigating the cause of an emergency shutdown at the nuclear power plant.

A spokeswoman said the plant automatically shut down after a lightning storm moved through Coffey County, about 50 miles south of Topeka. Thunderstorms moved through much of eastern Kansas throughout the day.

Jeannene Ryan said workers were still investigating whether lighting was the cause of the outage, which occurred shortly before noon. Ryan said there was no indication when the plant would resume generating electricity.

The nuclear reactor is jointly owned by Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light.

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