Nuclear Plant Near Epicenter Shuts Down

NBC Washington
August 23, 2011

A nuclear power plant located in Louisa County, the epicenter of the earthquake in Virginia, has shut down.

The North Anna Power Station, operated by Dominion Power, has two reactors. Both reactors tripped automatically at the time of the quake and shut down.

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The plant declared an “unusual event” in the wake of the 5.9 magnitude quake, which is the lowest stage on the plant’s emergency scale.

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  1. Fukushima and another earthquake close to another nuclear power plant in another country ? Coincidence ??

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