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Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel deeply sceptical over sale of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant to Holtec and SNC Lavalin

Citizens Advisory Panel Skeptical Over Sale of Pilgrim Nuclear Powerplant, WCAI , By SARAH TAN , 16 Aug 18
The Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel expressed deep skepticism regarding Entergy’s decision to sell the Pilgrim powerplant in Plymouth on Wednesday night. Entergy is looking to sell the plant to a joint company after it officially closes in June 2019. Entergy claims the two companies, Holtech International and SNC Lavalin, have more experience with nuclear decommissioning. Holtech and SNC Lavalin have proposed to decommission the plant in much less time – eight years versus Entergy’s up to 60 years, and for much less money than Entergy had estimated. …….

Panel members peppered Entergy and Holtech officials with questions regarding their finances, their plans for decommissioning and their plans for where they’ll store spent nuclear fuel. Former state senator Dan Wolf said the fact that Pilgrim could be sold to not one, but two companies, concerned him.

“And it concerns me that as one of the things I see as part of the presentation is the financial strength of the business, which would imply that if the business gets weak financially there’s not going to be safety? The two should be disconnected, and I don’t see evidence of that,” Wolf said.

Many also expressed worry that the sale could happen without any input from the state. …….. http://www.capeandislands.org/post/citizens-advisory-panel-skeptical-over-sale-pilgrim-nuclear-powerplant#stream/0

August 17, 2018 - Posted by | business and costs, USA

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