NRC: Quake Shook VA Nuke Plant Twice As Hard As It Was Designed To Withstand

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows 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 nuclear safety regulator said on Thursday.

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