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Security violations at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

Mass. nuclear plant faulted on security issues Security Info Watch, BY CHRISTINE LEGERE  CAPE COD TIMES, HYANNIS, MASS.  JANUARY 24, 2014 NRC found five security-related violations during recent inspection Jan. 24–PLYMOUTH — Federal nuclear regulators found five security-related violations at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station during a routine inspection last month.

Two of those had been spotted by inspectors as long ago as 2012 but the shortcomings had yet to be addressed.

On Thursday, Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan characterized the number of infractions found in this latest inspection as high.

It isn’t uncommon for plants to receive multiple “green” or “low security significance” inspection findings, “but five is above the normal average,” Sheehan said.

For two of the violations, the NRC issued written notices to Entergy Nuclear Operations, the plant’s owner and operator, for failing “to correct long-standing equipment deficiencies important to station security defense … within a reasonable amount of time,” according to the NRC letter.

The deficiencies dated back to November 2012……http://www.securityinfowatch.com/news/11299738/regulators-find-security-issues-at-pilgrim-nuclear-power-station

January 27, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general