Unusual events at 7 nuclear plants after the quake.

Unusual events at 7 nuclear plants after the quake.

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A nuclear power plant in central Virginia has lost offsite power in the wake of a 5.9 earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., U.S. nuclear officials said. The North Anna Power Station, which has two nuclear reactors, is now using four diesel generators to maintain cooling operations. The plant automatically shut down in the wake of the earthquake. "As far as we know, everything is safe," said Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman David McIntyre. There are seven additional nuclear plants that have declared unusual events, which is the lowest of four emergency situations, the NRC s

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No way, did I just read seven plants.

And you had three earthquakes and not one.
Just look at

8/23/2011 21:00:27 5.9 US Virginia, Deep Woods (Nuclear Site)

8/23/2011 21:31:02 5.9 US Virginia, Louisa

8/23/2011 21:56:17 5.9 US not specified, Dunreath(Nuclear Site)

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Can anyone find anything on these plants? I am working so I can do anything from here but I really needed to post this.

Sorry for the short content from my side but I have no time whatsoever but this short notice so mods and ATS crowd please bear with me but nuclear plants are not to mess with and especially when they are in your backyard perhaps so I thought, you might perhaps want to know more about it.

Goodnight.

And mods, sorry if I put this in the wrong forum. I did't know where to post it.

Peace

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So the systems work - excellent news - thanks

I don't really think they had 3 quakes, mainly because they were reported at the exact same millisecond. An unusual event is the lowest rated event in the scale.