Unit 3 at New York's Indian Point Nuclear Plant Shuts Down for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Unit 3 at Indian Point Energy Center, which is located in Buchanan, New York, tripped offline Monday night due to an electrical disturbance. The nuclear-powered station is owned by Entergy Nuclear Northeast, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) (New Orleans, Louisiana).

Unit 3's reactor tripped offline because of an electrical disturbance at a switchyard.

Plant officials are expecting a short outage and plan to return the unit to service within the next two to three days. The unit currently is in mode 3.

Unit 3 has a total capacity of 1,045 megawatts (MW). Unit 2, which has a capacity of 1,025 MW and is located at the same site, is unaffected.

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