BUCHANAN – Indian Point
Unit 3 will be removed from service for a planned maintenance shutdown
on Monday evening to replace two water seals that sit between the lid
of the reactor and the reactor vessel.
Control room operators have been monitoring slight water leakage by the
seals over the last several weeks and are acting conservatively and proactively
to replace the seals out of an abundance of caution, company officials
said.
There was no threat of release of radiation to the environment and no
threat to public or worker health or safety as a result of the issue,
the company said.
The plant will return to service when the maintenance work is complete.
Unit 2 is operating at full power.
