East Coast earthquake causes shutdown of Virginia nuclear plant
Politico - Tuesday’s magnitude-5.8 earthquake shut down the North Anna nuclear plant roughly 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Va., not far from the quake’s epicenter.
Both reactors at the Dominion Power-operated plant automatically shut down as designed in response to the quake, NRC spokesman David McIntyre said. The plant’s diesel generators switched on when the plant eventually lost off-site power. Read more.
Both reactors at the Dominion Power-operated plant automatically shut down as designed in response to the quake, NRC spokesman David McIntyre said. The plant’s diesel generators switched on when the plant eventually lost off-site power. Read more.
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