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Cause of shutdown at North Anna nuclear plant sought - Richmond Times-Dispatch


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MINERAL, VA- Dominion Virginia Power officials are working to discover exactly what caused the North Anna nuclear reactors to trip off line in the Aug. 23 earthquake. The powerful magnitude 5.8 quake's epicenter was 11 miles from the North Anna Power Station in Louisa County. The quake shut down the plant's two reactors, an unprecedented event in the United States.
VA earthquake caused shift of 115-ton casks storing used nuclear-fuel by Credit: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH

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See also: by Meryl Ann Butler on Saturday, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:07:42 PM