Mar 25, 2008 7:34 am US/Eastern
Malfunctioning Pump Disables Indian Point Reactor
BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) ―
A reactor at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York has begun a refueling outage two days early after a malfunctioning pump forced a shutdown.
Federal regulators say the unplanned shutdown at Indian Point Unit 2 will not affect the power plant's safety rating. The malfunctioning pump was in the non-nuclear part of the unit.
Nuclear Regulator Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan says the reactor had "already reduced power to 94 percent" as it prepared for its scheduled maintenance outage.
The pump that malfunctioned directs Hudson River water to the plant's four steam generators. Entergy Nuclear owns the plant. The company says it is investigating why the pump failed.
The power plant is 35 miles north of midtown Manhattan.
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