Dive Summary:

• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said indicated that safe procedures were followed appropriate at three idled nuclear reactors in response to Hurricane Sandy.
• 34 of the 104 operating U.S. nuclear reactors were in Sandy's path, and 24 made it through the storm without any incident, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute.
• Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, issued a statement Tuesday, calling on regulators to "to prepare for natural disasters and extreme weather."

From the article:

"... Hurricane Sandy this week pummeled the northeast U.S., forcing three reactors to shut down, and a fourth, Exelon Corp. (EXC)’s Oyster Creek facility in New Jersey, to declare an alert. The company terminated the alert early today.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which had dispatched inspectors armed with satellite phones to plants in the storm’s path, rolled back inspections to the pre-storm level today, according to a statement e-mailed yesterday. The regulatory agency said that all safety systems in the three idled reactors responded as designed during the hurricane. ..."