Reactors still down after massive Florida power outage: officials

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008

MIAMI (AFP) — Power officials continued their efforts Wednesday to revive two crippled nuclear reactors in southern Florida, one day after a massive blackout darkened millions of homes across the state.

"The reactors still are not running," said Karen Visepo, spokeswoman for Florida Power and Light, the company responsible for providing power in southern Florida.

The disabled reactors at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant were unlikely to cause new blackouts, she said, but workers labored feverishly to get them operating again.

"Getting them up and running again is a slow process," Visepo said.

Tuesday's monster power outage left millions of people in southern Florida bereft of electricity for several hours.

Power was out Tuesday across...