US | Indian Point Exploding Transformer Shuts NY Nuke Plant Indian Point blast being investigated By Rob Quinn Posted Nov 8, 2010 3:11 AM CST Copied Control room agent Russell Warren monitors various readings and levels at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, owned by Entergy Nuclear, in Buchanan, NY. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) One of two units at a nuclear power plant 24 miles north of New York City was shut down after a transformer exploded last night. No one was injured and there was no danger of a radiation leak, officials at the Indian Point plant told AP. The unit will remain closed while the incident is investigated. A Vermont plant owned by the same company was closed half an hour later after workers detected radioactive water seeping from a leaky pipe. Regulators say the two shutdowns were a "complete coincidence." Read These Next The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. Hormone therapy for menopause was unfairly demonized, says the FDA. Trump is responding to MTG's increasing criticism of GOP. Report an error