St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 manually shut down after control rods drop into reactor core
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St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 was manually shut down Wednesday morning after three control rods dropped into the reactor core, according to a notification filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The manual reactor trip occurred at 9:47 a.m. on August 13, 2026, while Unit 1 was operating at 100 percent power. The NRC
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