Nuclear plant shutdown saps some of Disney World’s power

Problems at a nuclear power plant on Florida’s Gulf coast have created a bit of a headache for Walt Disney World.

Progress Energy’s nuclear plant in Crystal River has been shut down since late last year, after workers in the midst of a maintenance project discovered a crack in the containment wall that surrounds the facility’s reactor building

That has in turn left Disney World’s semi-autonomous government, the Reedy Creek Improvement District, scrambling. About 10 percent of the district’s power is generated at the nuclear plant, which is about 100 miles northwest of Disney World.

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