Louisiana's River Bend Nuclear Station Shuts Down for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--River Bend Nuclear Generating Station, which is located in St. Francisville, Louisiana, about 30 miles north of Baton Rouge, shut down operations Thursday night when water began to flow into the plant. The station is operated by Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) (The Woodlands, Texas).

Plant officials said that rain was the culprit; however, they continue to investigate how water entered the facility. Officials are in the process of cleaning up and hope to the unit to operations sometime next week.

Entergy owns the station through its subsidiary, Entergy Gulf States, LLC.

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