On March 25, 2012 at 2336 EDT, an Unusual Event was declared due to an
earthquake felt on site. The site entered
EAL HU1.1. No plant systems were affected. The National
Earthquake Information Center reported a magnitude 3.1 seismic event 6 miles south-south west of Mineral,
Virginia. A plant inspection is on-going to determine any plant issues related to the seismic event. Unit 1 is in a refueling outage and containment integrity was maintained. Unit 2 continues in full power operation.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector, State and local agencies.
Notified DHS SWO, FEMA, NICC and Nuclear SSA via email.
- * * UPDATE FROM TED WEBNER TO VINCE KLCO ON 3/26/2012 AT 0417 EDT * * *
On March 26, 2012 at 0410 EDT, the Unusual Event was terminated. The basis for the termination was that all equipment walkdowns are complete with no damage discovered.
The licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector.
Notified the R2DO (Haag),
NRR EO (Brown),
IRD (Grant),
DHS SWO,
FEMA,
NICC and the Nuclear
SSA via email.
