Entergy Control Room Operators Return Indian Point 3 to Service

Buchanan, New York—The Indian Point 3 nuclear power plant was returned to service at about 1:00 this morning after workers repaired a controller for one of the two main boiler feed pumps that send water to the plant's steam generators. Operators yesterday shut down the plant because of low water levels in the generators.

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.

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