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Citizens protest at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

 Downwinders call for Pilgrim Nuke protest today NRC Inspectors on site for two weeks  NOVEMBER 28, 2016 BY CAPECODTODAY STAFF Plymouth, MA-Twenty Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors are coming to Plymouth for the next two weeks to conduct their final phase of a special inspection to determine if Entergy’s degrading Pilgrim nuclear reactor on the shores of Cape Cod Bay should be closed.  Citizens from across the area will gather at the gates of Pilgrim nuclear reactor to demand the NRC do their job and protect the public and the environment by revoking the operating license of Pilgrim now.  The NRC has stated their goal is to “arrest declining performance”, however, that does not appear to be happening.  Diane Turco, director of Cape Downwinders explains, “In 2014, the NRC determined Pilgrim was one of the 9 worst operating reactors.  So they increased oversight. In 2015, Pilgrim was one of the 5 worst operating reactors and more oversight.  In 2016, Pilgrim was one of the worst operating reactors in the U.S.  More oversight. How many inspections does it take to shut a dangerous nuclear reactor that threatens over 5 million people?  The twenty member special inspection team should figure that out this week.  If the NRC is doing its job, the operating license will be revoked.”….

November 30, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general