The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has sent a more proficient inspection team to Dominion’s quake-hit North Anna nuclear power plant in Mineral, Va., to further investigate effects of the Aug. 23 5.8-magnitude quake whose epicenter was only five miles away from the twin-reactor station in Mineral, Va., after Dominion told the NRC that initial reviews determined the ground motion resulting from the quake may have exceeded the plant’s design basis.

The federal regulatory body said in a statement on Monday that it had dispatched an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to review Dominion’s response and plant staff activities to check equipment.

Dominion declared an alert (the next to lowest of the four NRC emergency classifications) on Aug. 23 after

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