The US power group Entergy has permanently shut down the second unit of its Indian Point nuclear power plant in the state of New York (United States), in line with an agreement reached in early 2017 with the state of New York and the environmental group Riverkeeper.
The Indian Point nuclear power plant includes three units. The first one (257 MW) was commissioned in 1962 and stopped in 1974. The two other units, rated 998 MW and 1,030 MW, entered commercial operation in 1974 and 1976, respectively. In 2017, the company decided to close Indian Point 2 by 30 April 2020 and unit 3 by 30 April 2021.
In April 2019, Entergy agreed to divest the Indian Point Energy Center to a subsidiary of Holtec International following the shut-down of the site's last nuclear reactor. The agreement covers the three units and will become effective once the third and last unit has been shut down and permanently defuelled. It also comprises the transfer of the licenses, used fuel, decommissioning liabilities and nuclear decommissioning trusts for all three units. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2021.
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