Official: Shearon Harris safe following alert

Officials at Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant issued a two-hour alert Thursday morning after an equipment malfunction resulted in the loss of power to non-safety related electrical equipment.
Posted 8/8/2013, 11:09:57 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:49:45 PM

BACK TO YOU.

>>> THANK, BRIAN.

WE START--THANK YOU BRIAN.

AN ALERT WAS DECLARED AT THE

SHARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT.

>> YES, WRAL'S TARA LYNN IS

LIVE ANT WHAT HAPPENED

OVERNIGHT.

>> Reporter: WELL, THE PUBLIC

IS NOT IN DANGER AND THEY HAVE

NOT BEEN IN DANGER SINCE THE

ALERT WAS ISSUED AND YES,MENT

ALERT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

SO JOINING US HERE, WE HAVE A

REP RE-SENTIVE AND YOU SAID IT

IS--REPRESENTATIVE HERE.

>> YES, IT WAS A FALL THAT

PROVIDES POWER TO NON SAFETY

RELATE THE EQUIPMENT IN THE

PLANT.

SO THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE

PANEL BOX, IT WAS LIKE A

BREAKER IN YOUR HOUSE.

>> Reporter: SO THIS IS

SOMETHING THAT IS DONE, SORT OF

TO BE CAREFUL AND IT IS ALSO

REQUIRED BY THE NUCLEAR

REGULATORY COMMISSION.

>> YES, THE OPERATORS NOTED

SOME SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE

PANEL BOX AND THEY HAD TO START

THE PROCEDURES AND THEN HAD TO

GO OUT AND ASSESS THE

EQUIPMENT.

BUT THE PLANT IS STABLE.

IT IS ONLINE.

>> Reporter: AND NOW THAT THE

IRENE ALL RIGHT IS TERMINATED-

-THAT THE ALERT IS TERMINATED

DO PEOPLE NEED TO BE WORRIED?

>> NO, THE PLANT IS STABLE.

BUT IT IS JUST LIKE A FAULT ON

THE EQUIPMENT.

>> Reporter: AND I KNOW THAT

THE PLANT HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN

IN MAY BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTION

OR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN A

SENSOR.

IS THAT ANY RELATION TO WHAT

HAPPENED TO?

>> NO, THEY ARE THEY ARE NOT

RELATED AT ALL.

THAT WAS A MAINTENANCE OUTAGE.

>> Reporter: AND THE PLANT IS

ON AND STABLE AND NO THREAT TO

THE PUBLIC?

>> NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC

TODAY.

>> Reporter: GREAT, THANK YOU

FOR BEING WITH US.

AGAIN, TO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PLANT IS STABLE AND

RUNNING.

>> ALL RIGHT, TARA LYNN, THANK

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