Explosion
Nuclear Power Plant
Indian Point — transformer explosion and fire
8 November 2016
New York, United States
Incident location
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41.2700, -73.9500
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What happened
Electrical equipment in the protected area exploded and caught fire. The unusual event ended after the fire was extinguished; both reactors operated normally and the NRC reported no radioactive release.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Nuclear Power Plant
- Current temperature
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- Latitude
- 41.2700°
- Longitude
- -73.9500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.