Cape Downwinders to host nuclear power forum November 1 in Hyannis
Group determined to shut Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth down
"Whereas, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Director
Kurt Schwartz has acknowledged that Cape residents and visitors are "in
harm's way" in the event of a radiological accident at the Pilgrim Nuclear
Power Station in Plymouth;
Kurt Schwartz has acknowledged that Cape residents and visitors are "in
harm's way" in the event of a radiological accident at the Pilgrim Nuclear
Power Station in Plymouth;
Whereas, MEMA has determined that Cape residents and visitors will not be
evacuated but plans to relocate Cape citizens after exposure to dangerous
radioactive materials released in an accident;
evacuated but plans to relocate Cape citizens after exposure to dangerous
radioactive materials released in an accident;
Whereas, citizens of the Town of Barnstable find this State response to
Pilgrim's threat to our health and safety unacceptable and in violation of the
public trust;
Pilgrim's threat to our health and safety unacceptable and in violation of the
public trust;
Therefore, we the people of the Town of Barnstable respectfully request
Governor Deval Patrick to call upon the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to
uphold their mandate to shut Entergy’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in
Governor Deval Patrick to call upon the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to
uphold their mandate to shut Entergy’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in
Plymouth because the public safety, particularly Cape and Islands residents and visitors, cannot be assured.
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