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Alerting and Notification exercise scheduled for the North Anna Power Station and Surry Power Station.

June 24th, 2022

RICHMOND – The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a virtual public meeting to seek public comment on a significant plan change to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s alert and notification system for nuclear power plant emergencies.  FEMA will conduct an exercise of the new system on June 28, 2022.

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