No security problem with the North Carolina nuclear power plant surrounded by water, says the regulator

TThe Brunswick, North Carolina, nuclear power plant is completely surrounded by water, with no possibility of entry or exit of the facility, but there is no security problem, said Monday the organization's nuclear surveillance of the country.

"Access to the site and from the site is limited … but the [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] does not have any concerns about plant conditions, staffing or flooding in the area affecting the plant's safety functions, "said Roger Hannah, spokesman for the nuclear regulator . Washington Examiner of the commission's emergency intervention center in Atlanta, Georgia.

The two reactors at the Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant issued an emergency alert on Saturday, called "Unusual Event", which Hannah described as the "lowest emergency alert" that the plant is obliged to issue and access vehicles to the factory.

"The two units remain closed, have generators and diesel, and there is no effect of the storm on other safety equipment," he added.

According to local reports, the plant's 1,200-acre in-campus and off-campus roads were impassable, making it impossible to relieve Duke Energy and NRC staff at the plant.

The workers were posted to the site after the factory owner, Duke Energy, decided to shut down both reactors of the facility last week.

The News and Observer newspaper held a telephone conversation Monday with Daniel Bacon, one of the "Storms" of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who said he was "stuck" at the Brunswick plant since Wednesday.

Bacon said the workers slept on beds and used portable toilets because the water service had been turned off.

The Ministry of Energy said on Monday that changes in the electricity mix varied between the Carolinas and Virginia, reflecting "a series of storm impacts," including about half a million people without electricity.

"The Brunswick nuclear power plant remains disconnected, and the McGuire nuclear power plant remains at 50 percent failure," the agency's Energy Information Administration said in an update of the storm.

"County failure trends vary as the storm progresses and restoration continues," said the agency.