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  2. Surry Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    Surry Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Surry County in southeastern Virginia, in the South Atlantic United States. The power station lies on an 840-acre (340 ha) site adjacent to the James River across from Jamestown , slightly upriver from Smithfield and Newport News .

  3. Duke Energy: Error led to sirens wailing near Wake County ...

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    The sound of sirens around a nuclear power plant are a signal that people should tune into local radio or television to find out additional information and instructions, according to Duke ...

  4. List of power stations in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Southampton Power Station: Franklin: Biomass: 51: Spotsylvania Solar Spotsylvania: Solar 617 [18] Spruance Genco- Cogentrix: Richmond: Natural gas [19] 240 [20] Stonewall Natural gas 812 Surry Nuclear Power Plant: Surry: Uranium: 1678: Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center: Wise County: Coal: 610: Yorktown Power Station: Yorktown: Coal, oil: 1141 ...

  5. Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, it said: "Since 2001, the ROP has resulted in more than 4,000 inspection findings concerning nuclear power plant licensees' failure to fully comply with NRC regulations and industry standards for safe plant operation, and NRC has subjected more than 75 percent (79) of the 103 operating plants to increased oversight for varying periods ...

  6. Accidental alarm at nuclear plant set off during alarm test - AOL

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    Jul. 13—The alarms heard along the coast near the Seabrook nuclear power plant Tuesday were set off by accident, during a regular test of the plant's emergency notification system. According to ...

  7. List of nuclear power accidents by country - Wikipedia

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    Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.

  8. NJ’s largest utility firm begs feds to shut down airspace ...

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    New Jersey’s largest utility has asked the feds to halt all air traffic over two of its nuclear power plants — after drones were spotted over the sensitive sites, The Post has learned.

  9. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    The signal that the alarm has passed: a siren sound with a constant pitch (400 Hz) repeated twice in a row for 30 seconds, with a 30-second pause between the signals (Figure 3). The alarm past signal also applies to the cancellation of the air raid warning and the disaster alarm past signal.