E OTHER GUY HAD THE RIGHT
IDEA.
TAKE RIGHT OFF.
>>> NOW AS WE WAIT TO SEE HOW
THIS TROPICAL WAVE WILL IMPACT
OUR WEATHER W HAVE A THE ONE
AND ONLY FOR YOU.
>> Janine: LOCAL10's BEN
KENNEDY FOUND OUT HOW MANAGERS
AT PHELPS TURKEY POINT POWER
PLANT PREPARE FOR A STORM.
>> Ben: TURKEY POINT HAS BEEN
PREPARING FOR HURRICANE SEASON
SINCE MARCH.
RIGHT NOW CREWS ARE MEETING
PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE CLOCK AS
THE STORM MOVES CLOSER TO THE
STATES.
THE TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT IS GEARING UP FOR THE
COMING STORMS.
AS WORKERS PREPARE FOR BAD
WEATHER.
>> SHOULD A STORM COME LIKE THE
ONE THAT'S APPROACHING NOW, WE
MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE IS
READY.
>> Ben: IN THE EVENT OF A POWER
OUTAGE, THE TWIN REACTOR NUCLEAR
POWER STAGES HAS A BACKUP
SYSTEM
CALLED THE FLEX BUILDINGS, A 60
BY 150-FOOT LONG STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WALLS AND ROOF
ARE TWO FEET THICK OF REINFORCED
CONCRETE.
THIS DOOR IS WATER-RESISTANT AND
CAN WITHSTAND WINDS OF UP TO 225 MILES AN HOUR.
>> AS A RESULT OF EVENTS SUCH AS
FUKUSHIMA, THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED
ANOTHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR
THE PLANTS.
>> SPEAKERG: INSIDE THIS ARE
BACKUP SYSTEMS THAT CAN DELIVER
POWER TO THE ENTIRE PLANT.
>> WE HAVE A HUGE PUMP TO THE
RIGHT.
WE HAVE A SMALLER PUMP TO THE
LEFT.
WE HAVE TRAILERS THAT CAN CARRY
HOSES THROUGHOUT THE PLANT.
>> Ben: THE HOSES CARRY WATER TO
REACTORS IN THE ENT VIDEO O AN
EMERGENCY.
>> OUR PHILOSOPHY IS TO PREVENT
PROBLEMS SO THAT BY JUNE 1st
THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON
WE'RE READY FOR WHATEVER MIGHT
COME OUR WAY.
>> Ben: ON A NORMAL DAY THERE
ARE 1,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT THE
PLANT, AND THEY HAVE GONE
THROUGH TRAINING AND CLASSES TO
