A thousand plastic yellow hard hats were arrayed on fences alongside the field, a symbol of the 1,000 jobs that will be lost when Indian Point shuts down.
Friday was Indian Point s last day of generating power for Westchester County and New York City after nearly 60 years.
Around 11 p.m. workers in the control room of Unit 3 – the plant’s last functioning reactor pressed a button, shutting off the reactor for good.
The shutdown comes as Unit 3, which started up in 1976, recently set a record for days in operation. The reactor ran for 753 continuous days since it was last refueled in April 2019, a record for light water reactors.