Power outage shuts down Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station during the storm
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Power outage shuts down Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station during the storm
Operators shut down plant Friday after loss of offsite power
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The operators shut the plant down after declaring an "unusual event". Unusual events are the lowest of NRC's emergency classifications, according to a statement from the federal regulatory commission.
Earlier last week, an Entergy spokeswoman told Bloomberg power was increased at Pilgrim. "We are in the process of increasing plant output," said Carol Wightman. The increase in production at the Plymouth plant was ordered after shutdown of a nuclear facility in Florida was announced, Bloomberg reports.
According to a statement on Entergy's homepage, Pilgrim has been in cold shutdown since Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. and work is being done to restore the offsite power.
Before the first snowflakes fell, a cadre of Pilgrim's enemies called for the facility to be closed during the storm.
Recently the nuke plant has again shuts down on 22nd august due to problem with feedwater pump. After the feedwater pump got repaired the plant came to live again and connected to grid. It is the right time for authorities to take care of the plant and ensure that there will be no more shutting downs ....
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Recently the nuke plant has again shuts down on 22nd august due to problem with feedwater pump. After the feedwater pump got repaired the plant came to live again and connected to grid. It is the right time for authorities to take care of the plant and ensure that there will be no more shutting downs ....
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