Con Ed tells what closed nuclear plant
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15/12/1998
After the Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant unexpectedly shut down two weeks ago, managers focused on maintenance work that they wanted to do and did not pay sufficient attention to a electrical malfunction that eventually led to a low-level emergency, the Consolidated Edison Company said. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission took the unusual step of sending a special inspection team to the plant, in Buchanan, N.Y., to figure out what went wrong.