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Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York just south of Peekskill. It sits on the east bank of the Hudson River, 25 miles north of New York City. The plant generates over 2,000 megawatts (MWe) of electrical power. For reference, the record peak energy consumption of New York City was set during a seven-day heat wave on July 19, 2013 at 13,322 megawatts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Con Edison 2013 Annual Report )〕 Electrical energy consumption varies greatly with time of day and season.〔Demand for electricity changes through the day http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=830〕 The plant is owned and operated by Entergy Nuclear Northeast, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, and includes two operating Westinghouse pressurized water reactors – designated "Indian Point 2" and "Indian Point 3" – which Entergy bought from Consolidated Edison and the New York Power Authority respectively. The facility also contains the permanently shut-down Indian Point Unit 1 reactor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Status of Nuclear Energy in the United States )〕 As of 2015, the number of permanent jobs at the Buchanan plant is approximately 1,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Economic Impacts of the Indian Point Energy Center )〕 The original 40-year operating licenses for units 2 and 3 expire in September 2013 and December 2015, respectively. Entergy has applied for license extensions and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is moving toward granting a twenty-year extension for each reactor. Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, however, wants the units shut down at the end of their current license periods.〔 As of midnight on September 28, 2013, Unit 2 has entered its "Period of Extended Operation" (PEO) until the NRC makes a final determination on its license renewal application.〔http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/indian-point.html#timely-renewal〕 == Reactor design == Indian Point 1, built by Consolidated Edison, was a 275-megawatt pressurized water reactor which was issued an operating license on March 26, 1962 and began operations on September 16, 1962.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Nuclear Plants )〕 The first core used a thorium-based fuel, but this fuel did not live up to expectations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thorium Fuel for Nuclear Energy )〕 The plant was operated with uranium dioxide fuel for the remainder of its life. The reactor was shut down on October 31, 1974 because the emergency core cooling system did not meet regulatory requirements. All spent fuel was removed from the reactor vessel by January 1976. The licensee, Entergy, plans to decommission Unit 1 when Unit 2 is decommissioned.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indian Point 1 )〕 The two additional reactors, Indian Point 2 and 3, are four-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors both of similar design. Units 2 and 3 were completed in 1974 and 1976, respectively. Unit 2 has a generating capacity of 1,032 MW, and Unit 3 has a generating capacity of 1,051 MW. Both reactors use uranium dioxide fuel of no more than 4.8% U-235 enrichment. The reactors at Indian Point are protected by containment domes made of steel-reinforced concrete that is four to six feet thick, with a carbon steel liner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Indian Point Energy Center Factsheet )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indian Point Energy Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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