Flashback: Virginia Nuclear Plant Had Quake Sensors Removed Due To Budget Cuts

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Flashback: Virginia nuclear plant had quake sensors removed due to budget cuts.

Quake sensors removed around Virginia nuke plant due to budget cuts

By David Edwards
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 -- 3:52 pm

Tags: dominion virginia power, project on government oversight, virginia department of mines minerals and energy
A nuclear power plant that was shut down after an earthquake struck central Virginia Tuesday had seismographs removed in 1990s due to budget cuts.

U.S. nuclear officials said that the North Anna Power Station, which has two nuclear reactors, had lost offsite power and was using diesel generators to maintain cooling operations after an 5.9 earthquake hit the region.

The North Anna plant, which was near the epicenter of Tuesday's quake, is reportedly located on a fault line.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission rates the plant as the seventh most likely to receive core damage from a quake. But they say the chances of that are only 1 in 22,727.

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