<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Earth First! Newswire]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[EF! J Collective Everglades Office]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/author/efjcollective/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Jellyfish Swarm Shuts Down Nuclear Power Plant in&nbsp;St.Lucie]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="5461" data-permalink="https://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/jellyfish-swarm-shuts-down-nuclear-power-plant-in-st-lucie/moon_jellyfish_1229889c-4/" data-orig-file="https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg" data-orig-size="617,238" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="moon_jellyfish_1229889c" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg?w=617" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5461" title="moon_jellyfish_1229889c" src="https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg?w=300&#038;h=115" alt="" width="300" height="115" srcset="https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg?w=298&amp;h=115 298w, https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg?w=596&amp;h=230 596w, https://earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon_jellyfish_1229889c3.jpg?w=150&amp;h=58 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><span style="color:#000000;">Jellyfish invasions of this magnitude are rare. Biologists at the plant cou</span><span style="color:#000000;">ld recall only three other similar events in the past 30 years.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">The plant, which is designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, was shut down for two days because of the jellyfish invasion and to repair a leak that was discovered in another pump after the shutdown, Doug Andrews said.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Unfortunately many giant groupers were also killed with the jellyfish that were sucked into the power plants cooling system.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Re-posted from Palm Beach Post </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Read full article</span> <a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/jellyfish-swarm-shuts-down-st-lucie-nuclear-power-2019257.html" target="_blank">here </a></p>
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