Reactor Shutdown at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
WPIX NEWSROOM

9:20 p.m. EST, January 11, 2010
WESTCHESTER (WPIX)—
A nuclear power reactor at Indian Point shut down automatically Monday after its main electrical generator malfunctioned.

According to engineers, the generator went off-line "safely" at about 4 p.m.

A second reactor at the site was not affected.

The plant's owner says there was no threat to workers or to the public.

Monday's incident comes just two months after a report linked sky rocketing cancer rates to people living in the area.

The Indian Point Nuclear plants are located on the Hudson River about 35-miles north of the city.