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Virginia earthquake shook nuclear plant twice as hard as design allowed, North Anna nuclear plant

Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna Power Station in Mineral, Virginia is pictured in undated photograph

Virginia earthquake shook nuclear plant twice as hard as design allowed, North Anna nuclear plant From Reuters September 8, 2011. “Last month’s record earthquake in the eastern United States may have shaken a Dominion Resources nuclear plant twice as hard it was designed to withstand, a spokesman for the U.S. nuclear safety regulator said on [...]

Hurricane Irene Vermont flooding worst in hundred years, Southern Vermont, Wilmington, Dover, Brattleboro, Bennington, Rutland

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Hurricane Irene Vermont flooding worst in hundred years, Southern Vermont, Wilmington, Dover, Brattleboro, Bennington, Rutland From the Burlington Free Press August 29, 2011. “With southern Vermont reeling from the massive flooding and power failures that hit Wilmington, Dover, Brattleboro, Bennington and Rutland, northern Vermont was still waiting Sunday evening for much of the impact from [...]

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