To understand the current controversy over the decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, you have to understand its past
REVISITING ‘PILGRIMS’: THE CLEANUP ON CAPE COD
radiation
NUCLEAR DISASTER: WITH CONTROVERSIAL REACTOR DOWN SINCE STORMS, TENSIONS RUN EXTREMELY HIGH IN PLYMOUTH
This year’s meeting was particularly fraught because a series of strong winter storms forced the plant to shut down—or scram—twice in the last three months. Pilgrim remains offline as plant workers attempt to fix a transformer located between the electrical switchyard and the reactor.
