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NRC Grants Pilgrim Exemption from Emergency Exercises

Pilgrim power station must complete the off-site exercises by March.

 

Pilgrim Nuclear power plant an exemption regarding the requirement to perform a graded full-scale emergency exercise by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Entergy requested a waiver from the requirement on the off-site portion of the exercise, which must be performed every two years, due to the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, according to the NRC.

The exemption requires that the off-site portion of the exercise for the Pilgrim plant be completed by the end of March 2013. FEMA evaluates and grades the off-site portion.

The on-site portion of the exercise, which is evaluated by the NRC, has already been conducted. It took place on Nov. 7. The NRC's review did not identify any issues with respect to that portion of the exercise.

 

Related Topics: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, entergy, and nrc

thomas

7:56 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012

Does Entergy have the NRC in their pocket? Our safety doesn't belong on Entergy's profit loss statement. The billionaire Koch (owners) always get the US Government to waive their responsibilities to the public no matter what the issue. One errant hurricane could ruin our "whole day". Hold their feet to the fire with safety or they could be holding ours to the fire, literaly. For corporate profit?

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jack ahearn

8:51 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012

Growing up,a common phase to put a nuclear reactor in your town was."Electricity will be so cheap,we won't have to meter it"Plum island are about to lose 4 homes due to yesterday's storm.We all experienced earthquakes this year.We all know about Chernobyl,3 mile island,Fukushima.We don't want to add Plymouth to that list.Now let them store radioactive waste,and when they have filled it to maximum capacity,Lets forget about the original agreement and give them a permit to build and house more nuclear waste.Question-was the intent of a nuclear plant in Plymouth for the people and cheap electricity or a clever trick to produce plutonium so the Goverment can make more nuclear bombs.Its a ticking time bomb either way.

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