Dominion Declares Alert at Millstone Power Station
WATERFORD, Conn. - An emergency was declared
today at Millstone Power Station Unit 3. An Alert, the second lowest of four
emergency classifications used by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was
declared at 8:42 a.m.
Unit 3 has been shutdown and is in a stable condition.
Federal, state and local emergency response agencies have been notified. An
Alert ensures that additional emergency response personnel are on standby and
ready to respond if needed.
No release of radioactive material has occurred
beyond those minor releases associated with normal plant operations. These minor
releases pose no danger to the public or plant workers. The minor releases are
below federally approved operating limits, below natural background levels and
can not be detected at the site boundary.
Further information about conditions at Millstone
will be provided as it becomes available.
As part of the Millstone emergency response plan,
an Emergency Operations Facility has been activated at the nuclear station in
Waterford, Connecticut.
The Millstone Power Station is owned and operated
by Dominion.
