{"id":2427,"date":"2026-06-30T15:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:08:26","slug":"warning-system-involving-five-nuclear-plants-failed-including-one-in-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2427","title":{"rendered":"Warning system involving five nuclear plants failed, including one in SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is looking into the temporary failure of a Dominion Energy emergency response system at five nuclear power plants, including the V.C. Summer station northwest of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2425\">At what age is it OK to leave your child at home in SC? What state law says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Late on June 26, operators at plants in South Carolina, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Virginia learned that Dominion\u2019s automated Everbridge emergency notification system had experienced an outage.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event constitutes a major loss of offsite communications capability,\u2019\u2019 according to NRC notices involving the five plants.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Everbridge system helps notify emergency response personnel if a nuclear plant needs to go into an emergency mode, agency spokesman Dave Gasperson said in an email Monday++June 29. Dominion characterized the system as a \u201cthird party communications platform\u2019\u2019 it uses to notify employees and \u201cresponse organizations\u2019\u2019 during emergencies.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gasperson said it\u2019s important that nuclear plants be able to contact state and local emergency response agencies \u201cif plant conditions could require public protective actions.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Despite the problem, Dominion has other ways of making notifications to employees and first responders through backup systems, the NRC said. But Gasperson said the Everbridge system allows notifications to be made quickly.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The agency did not say what caused the problem, but Gasperson and Dominion spokesman Matt Long said the glitch has been fixed since Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2423\">SC attorney general charges 7 in cases tied to \u2018health care fraud takedown\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no impact to the health and safety of the public or our plant personnel during this event,\u2019\u2019 according to an email from Long.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Tom Clements, a longtime environmentalist and outspoken nuclear critic, said the issue is nonetheless worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough losing communication doesn\u2019t mean there is a risk of any kind of accident in the operation, it did appear to me that, if something did happen, not having communication ability would hamper the communication between the key elements of the accident response plan,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Plants that were affected by the outage, in addition to the V.C. Summer facility in South Carolina are Millstone in Connecticut; North Anna and Surry in Virginia, and Susquehanna in Pennsylvania, according to June 29 NRC event notification reports.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The NRC\u2019s resident inspectors have been notified and \u201cwe will review the licensee\u2019s follow up and any corrective actions through our normal inspection process.,\u2019\u2019 Gasperson said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Dominion, a major energy company headquartered in Virginia, has a fleet of nuclear plants, including the Summer facility in South Carolina. The V.C. Summer site has a single reactor that was licensed in the 1980s. 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