HARTFORD, Conn.,
Nov. 4, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- An Alert at the Millstone Power Station has been
terminated at 2:46 p.m. without any
injuries or release of radiation.
The Alert was declared at 11:33
a.m. as the result of a fire in a backup diesel generator
for Unit 3. The fire quickly burned out. Millstone fire control
personnel responded to the fire. The station did not request
offsite assistance.
The company declared an Alert in accordance with normal station
procedures.
The fire occurred on the Unit 3 diesel generator while it was
being tested after a maintenance outage. The fire started
about 11 a.m. and went out on its own
shortly afterward. Backup diesel generators are used to
provide power to the station when normal offsite power is lost.
No injuries were reported and all employees continued to work at
the station during the event.
Millstone Unit 3 continues to operate normally at full power and
Millstone Unit 1 remains in its decommissioned state. Unit 2 is off
line for a routine refueling outage.
The station is assessing the damage and has begun an
investigation into the cause of the fire.
Federal, state and local officials were notified. An Alert
emergency is the next to least serious of four emergency categories
in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's rating system.
This event resulted in no release of radioactive material beyond
those minor releases associated with normal station
operations. These minor releases pose no danger to the public
or station workers. The minor releases are below federally approved
operating limits, below natural background levels and cannot be
detected at the site boundary.
Dominion (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va., is one of the nation's largest
producers of energy. For more information about Dominion,
visit the company's website at www.dom.com.
Time: 3:05 p.m.
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