Buchanan, New York
Local population: 308,415 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Pressurized Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 12/12/75-12/12/15
Owner:
Entergy Nuclear Operations
Safety Issues:
Earthquake Risk, Flooding Hazard, Year Plus Outages
Related Links & Documents
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in February 1993 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in March 1982 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
07/12/2004 UCS explained to NRC Region I why the proposed storage of spent fuel in dry casks at Indian Point conflicts with the NRC's move to risk-informed safety regulation. Download the pdf
09/08/2003 UCS and Riverkeeper petitioned the NRC to take steps to compel a longstanding safety problem involving the impairment of a key system needed to mitigate loss of coolant accidents at Indian Point to be addressed. See details
