Reactor Shuts Down at Nuclear Power Plant
From Times Wire Reports
One of two nuclear reactors at Surry Power Station remained shut down after two electrical transformers that provide backup power to the plant quit working.
Unit Two was shut down Saturday night after steam blew out some sheet metal, which landed on a power line that serves one of the backup transformers, a spokesman said. Officials weren’t sure what caused the second transformer to shut down. Authorities said there was no danger to the public.
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