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Entergy Control Room Operators Remove Indian Point 3 from Service
April 3, 2007
Buchanan, New York—The Indian Point 3 nuclear power plant was removed from service at about 4:15 this morning because of low water levels in the plant's steam generators. Workers will be examining the controller for one of the two main boiler feed pumps that send water to the steam generators where water is heated to make steam that spins the main generator to make electricity.
The plant had just returned to service last Saturday following a 24-day refueling outage when workers replaced 96 of the 193 fuel assemblies used during operation. The plant, which had been operating at about 60 percent power at the time of the shutdown, is expected to return to service within a few days.
There was no release of radioactivity.
Indian Point 2, which was unaffected by the shutdown, is operating at full power.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and local public officials were notified.
The plants produce about 2,000 megawatts of electricity, approximately the amount used by two million homes.
Contact:
Jim Steets
(914) 272-3545 - office
(914) 671-0457 - cell
jsteets@entergy.com
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