Advance Evening News: September 18
Stories this afternoon include Stafford supervisors' approval of a data center complex and the replacement of warning sirens around the North Anna nuclear power plant with text message alerts.
Stafford Supervisors Approve Stafford Technology Campus
The Stafford Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a comprehensive plan amendment and a rezoning resolution to pave the way for development of the Stafford Technology Center, a data center complex of up to 23 individual buildings.
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Nuclear Power Plant Warning Sirens to be Removed in Four Counties
By Hank Silverberg
When the North Anna nuclear power plant went into operation in 1978, Dominion Power set up a system of 68 warning sirens that would be activated in case of an accident or emergency at the power station.
But the sirens were never actually used in an emergency—and now they are being dismantled.
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