Several other non-nuclear power generators along the East Coast were tripped, meaning they were automatically shut down by the seismic event.

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The processor then hung too close to the fan, its heat causing a sensor to go off which automatically shut down the server.

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The plant automatically shut down in the wake of the earthquake.

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The computers shut down automatically on midnight New Year's Eve, causing overheating and damage.

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Zhang called D3115 to warn the driver that, because of the faulty signal, his train might shut down automatically.

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Hokuriku Electric said on Friday all three reactors at its Onagawa nuclear plant on the north-east coast shut down automatically after the quake.

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Energy Minister Edson Lobao said the bad weather cut the transmission lines in Sao Paulo state, leading the huge Itaipu dam to shut down automatically.

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The three active reactors there shut down automatically after the earthquake.

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And if an earthquake above a certain magnitude strikes, the bullet train will stop and nuclear and other plants will automatically go into temporary shut down.

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To cut the burden, power plants were shut down, some automatically.

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