CLOSE INDIAN POINT!
Malfunctioning pump shuts down reactor at NY's Indian Point
BUCHANAN, N.Y. - A reactor at the Indian Point nuclear
power plant in New York has begun a refueling outage two days early
after a malfunctioning pump forced a shutdown.
Federal regulators say the unplanned shutdown at Indian Point
Unit 2 will not affect the power plant's safety rating. The
malfunctioning pump was in the non-nuclear part of the unit.
Nuclear Regulator Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan says the
reactor had "already reduced power to 94 percent" as it prepared
for its scheduled maintenance outage.
The pump that malfunctioned directs Hudson River water to the
plant's four steam generators. Entergy Nuclear owns the plant. The
company says it is investigating why the pump failed.
The power plant is 35 miles north of midtown Manhattan.
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