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Lawmakers, advisory panel plot Pilgrim’s future

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Lawmakers, advisory panel plot Pilgrim’s future By  Christine Legere   Posted Apr 11, 2018 WEST BARNSTABLE — While there have been different perspectives among the public on the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station over the last 45 years, priorities are now aligning as the beleaguered plant progresses toward its announced permanent closure on June 1, 2019. That was the message delivered by the region’s senators and representatives during a meeting of the Pilgrim Nuclear Decommissioning Advisory Panel at Cape Cod Community College on Wednesday night. “We’re entering a really critical phase: the safe, swift decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station,” state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, said to the panel. Whether you are a plant opponent or plant employee, everyone sees safety as a top priority once the reactor shuts down, Cyr said. Wednesday was kind of a wrapup of the advisory panel’s first year of information gathering. Meeting time was dedicated to...

Entergy's Pilgrim Nuclear Just Like San Onofre - A Fukushima Disaster Waiting

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Rick Perry is the Incompetent CLOWN in charge of the ENERGY DEPARTMENT ....remember when Rick Perry couldn't remember the name of the agency he wanted to eliminate? Rick Perry's predecessors were NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS, one a Nobel Prize winner.  The ENERGY DEPARTMENT oversees NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS and NUCLEAR WEAPONS. How safe should we feel with this CLOWN in charge?   ENTERGY'S PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, located in Plymouth, Massachusetts continues to be a problematic plant, the same age and design as FUKUSHIMA.  08 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (photo: Wikipedia) San Onofre 2050: Tide's In, Nukes Out By Don Bauder, San Diego Reader 08 January 18 Nuclear waste in the sand now will create a toxic ocean later re northern San Diego County and southern Orange County headed for another  Fukushima Daiichi–like nuclear disaster ? Possibly, but not ...