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Apr 6, 2007 4:31 pm US/Eastern

“Nuclear Plant Stable After Explosion”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CBS) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. An electrical fault and fire in a transformer yard forced the automatic shutdown Friday of the Indian Point 3 nuclear power plant, officials said.

The fire, which was quickly extinguished, was outside the nuclear area of the plant and there was no release of radiation, said Diane Screnci of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

“The plant is stable and reacted normally,” she said. “There’s no impact on public health and safety.”

Nevertheless, the plant, which is on the Hudson River in Buchanan, about 40 miles north of New York City, declared an “unusual event,” the lowest of several safety alert classifications, Screnci said. The declaration required Entergy Nuclear Northeast, owner of Indian Point, to notify the governments of the surrounding counties.

Entergy spokesman Jim Steets said a fire in the transformer is among the events that trigger an automatic shutdown of a nuclear plant.

He said the cause of the fire was not known. It spread smoke around the area of the transformer yard, which is across a street from the plant in Buchanan, but was confined to the transformer, he said.”