MAY 7, 2015
BUCHANAN, NEW YORK
Control room operators will remove Indian Point’s Unit 3
nuclear power plant from service this morning following an identification of a
leak of clean steam from a pipe on the non-nuclear side of the plant overnight.
Operators began reducing power around 7:00 a.m. when it was determined the leak
could be repaired only while the plant was shut down.
The plant will return to service when the maintenance work
is complete.
There was no release of radioactivity and no threat to the
safety of workers or the public.
Unit 2 is currently operating at full power and has been
online for 415 continuous days. Unit 3 returned to service on March 25
following a 23-day shutdown for refueling and maintenance.
Indian Point Energy Center, in Buchanan, N.Y., is home to
two operating nuclear power plants, unit 2 and unit 3, which generate
approximately 2000 megawatts of electricity for homes, business and public
facilities in New York City and Westchester County.