Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sends Augmented Inspection Team to North Anna Nuclear Power Station in Virginia

North Anna Nuclear Power Station Shut Down Following East Coast Earthquake

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2011.  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has dispatched an Augmented Inspection Team to the North Anna nuclear power station to further review the effects of last week’s earthquake, the operators’ response and the plant staff’s activities to check equipment.

Just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23, an Alert was declared at the North Anna station which is operated by Dominion…