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Virginia energy watchdogs urge caution as Dominion-NextEra deal moves ahead

June 8, 2026 Elizabeth McGowan

Tony Smith, CEO of Secure Solar Futures at his office in Staunton, Monday, June 8, 2026. Photo by Christopher Tyree // VCIJ

Advocates for consumers and clean energy see opportunities – and risks – to remake energy policy and practice in Virginia

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In Business, Environment, State Government Tags solar, electricity, Domion Energy, NextEra

Virginia’s nuclear disaster plan is extensive, but key online resources 404

January 9, 2020 Chris Tyree
Color photograph of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, which suffered a partial meltdown in 1979. The reactors are in the smaller domes with rounded tops (the large smokestacks are just cooling towers).

Color photograph of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, which suffered a partial meltdown in 1979. The reactors are in the smaller domes with rounded tops (the large smokestacks are just cooling towers).

A detailed web of PDFs released in response to a request for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s nuclear disaster response plans contains hundreds of pages of information about how the Commonwealth will handle a nuclear emergency, ranging from meltdown to dirty bomb to accidental weapon explosion.

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In Environment, State Government Tags nuclear, safety, Domion Energy, disaster plan

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