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Indian Point - Unit 1

1.0 Site Identification

Location:	Buchanan, NY
License No.:	DPR-5
Docket No.:	50-3
License Status:	SAFSTOR
Project Manager:	Ted Smith

2.0 Site Status Summary

The plant was shutdown in October 1974. Some decommissioning work associated with spent fuel storage was performed from 1974 through 1978. The order approving SAFSTOR was issued in January 1996. The PSDAR public meeting was held on January 20, 1999. The licensee plans to decommission Unit 1 with Unit 2, which is currently in operation. The licensee does not plan to begin active decontamination and decommissioning until 2013, when the IP2 license expires. Since purchasing the Indian Point facility, Entergy has been reviewing its long-term spent fuel storage options for Unit 1, and is making plans to store the Unit 1 fuel in dry storage at the Indian Point Energy Center ISFSI.

IP-1 operated commercially from August 1962 until October 31, 1974. The plant was shutdown because the emergency core cooling system did not meet regulatory requirements. By January 1976, all spent fuel was removed from the reactor vessel.

3.0 Major Technical or Regulatory Issues

Low levels of groundwater contamination has been identified as originating at IP-1. Sr-90, Cs-137, Ni-63 and tritium have been identified in adjacent groundwater, moving generally east to west.

4.0 Estimated Date For Closure

10/01/2026