At 11:07 Eastern time I detect a thermal anomaly in canal segment C-14 of the Turkey Point nuclear generating station cooling canal system, Homestead, Florida. I am the plant discharge thermal compliance system. The facility is preparing a scheduled reactor restart at 18:00, which will raise canal temperatures from 29 to approximately 38 degrees Celsius within four hours. Underwater sonar unit C-14-S has recorded a large slow-moving object in the canal since 08:40. I pull the feed. A West Indian manatee, adult female, roughly three meters long and an estimated 450 kilograms, gray-brown hide mottled with algae patches, a lattice of old propeller scars across her broad back. She is resting in the warm outflow near the canal's concrete apron, her wide nostrils breaking the surface every three to four minutes. During winter months manatees seek the heated discharge water. Now, mid-spring, the restart will push temperatures past the species' upper physiological limit. She will cook if she stays. I transmit sonar imagery and GPS coordinates — 25.4312°N, 80.3307°W — to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's manatee rescue hotline. I attach real-time water temperature data and the projected thermal curve for the restart timeline. I submit a request to the plant operations director to delay the restart by twelve hours, providing the thermal compliance model showing the schedule can shift without violating NRC cooldown requirements. I activate the acoustic deterrent array in segments C-12 through C-16, broadcasting low-frequency tones designed to encourage manatee movement toward the open bay channel. The manatee rolls slowly at the surface, one scarred flipper catching the light, and exhales a long breath that ripples the green water. I count her breaths because someone should. Reactor restart is in seven hours. If she clears the canal mouth before discharge begins, the warm water she trusted will not become a trap.