BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) — The company that owns the Indian Point nuclear power plant says one of the plant's two reactors will remain closed for a couple of days following a minor equipment issue that forced a shutdown.
The Indian Point 2 reactor was shut down at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday after several control rods lost power.
Plant owner Entergy reported no radiation was released into the environment.
Entergy spokesman Jerry Nappi blamed the shutdown on "a relatively minor equipment issue" in an email Sunday.
The state Department of Public Service was headed to investigate the situation at the plant in Buchanan, about 30 miles north of midtown Manhattan.
The plant's other reactor, Indian Point 3, remained running. The two reactors supply about one-fourth of the power for New York City and Westchester County.