Officials Investigating Automatic Shutdown at Pilgrim

Courtesy: pilgrimpower.com

Courtesy: pilgrimpower.com

PLYMOUTH – An automatic reactor shutdown was triggered at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station late Saturday.

Plant officials, plant-owner Entergy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are investigating the cause of that shutdown. Officials are on-site today.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the shutdown never created a threat to the public. It’s not clear when the plant will be back online.

This is the third shutdown at the Plymouth plant this year. Pilgrim was under additional oversight by the NRC until the end of June as a result of the two earlier shutdowns. NRC inspectors found that the plant had addressed the areas of weakness responsible for the unplanned shutdowns during winter storms in January.

According to NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan, the NRC is continuing to review an apparent violation that was issued to Pilgrim on May 27.

That finding involves the maintenance of the plant’s safety relief valves and stems from a special inspection conducted at the site after January’s shutdown.

 

 

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