Suppose that they had not used the word major -- If it were later determined that a coffee cup had fallen off someone's desk and cracked, the anti-nuke folks, along with the media, would be screaming COVER-UP!!! for Dominion's initially having failed to disclose the "damage".
Appears that 1 of the 4 backup generators has failed. Do not know if that was due to earthquake damage or not. This quake was right at the earthquake rating level for this plant, from what I can tell. So there will be some damage. That is guaranteed.