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Growing alarm over the unsafety of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth.

Petitions raise alarm on N-plant, Critics want new safety rules met at Pilgrim station By Jennette Barnes Boston Globe April 15, 2012   Concern about nuclear safety is gaining visibility south of Boston as voters in several communities determine the fate of a petition that aims to shut down, at least temporarily, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth.

Although the nonbinding questions focus on making the plant safe, rather than closing it permanently, they would, in effect, endorse closing it down for more than four years.

A Town Meeting article passed in Duxbury, Kingston, and Scituate. Marshfield Town Meeting is expected to vote April 23, and Plymouth takes up the issue by ballot May 12. A number of Cape Cod communities are planning votes, as well…..
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2012/04/15/nuclear_activism_gains_momentum_as_south_towns_vote_on_future_of_pilgrim_power_plant/

April 16, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general