Thursday, April 04, 2019

Indian Point Is In Trouble In Their Closing Years

Sounds similar to the troubles Grand Gulf is in. Don't get the people who know how to fix this equipment.  

Indian Point reactor down again, this time as a precaution

Thomas C. Zambito, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published 12:12 p.m. ET April 3, 2019

Indian Point shut down its troubled Unit 2 reactor Tuesday afternoon to fix a persistent problem in its generator, according to Entergy, the power plant’s owner.

The shutdown came after workers at the Buchanan plant noticed that an excitation system, which provides the current needed to create electricity, was not functioning as designed, Entergy spokesman Jerry Nappi said.

Over the past three weeks, Unit 2 automatically shut down twice after a malfunction in the generator located on the non-nuclear side of the power plant...

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