Nine Mile Two Shuts Down

The Nine Mile Point nuclear station, with Nine Mile 1 on the left and Nine Mile 2 and its signature cooling tower on the right.  Photo © Constellation Energy Group, Inc. 2008
The Nine Mile Point nuclear station, with Nine Mile 1 on the left and Nine Mile 2 and its signature cooling tower on the right. Photo © Constellation Energy Group, Inc. 2008

The Nine Mile Two nuclear reactor in Scriba shut down overnight.

According to a filing with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the reactor began shutting down because of a water level in the reactor that had fallen to the point where it kicked off an automatic shutdown.

The reason for the drop in water level hasn’t been identified. missing or outdated ad config

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