Safe shutdown achieved at Dominion's North Anna site following earthquake

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake (USGS data) shook much of the east coast at 1:51 pm Eastern Time on August 23. Dominion's North Anna reactors went off line safely and are on emergency power using four diesel generators.

"We did lose on-site power, but all the diesel generators are up and running," Dominion spokesman Richard Zuercher said 30 minutes after the quake. "Everything appears to be operating just fine."

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