Pilgrim ownership will determine path of nuclear plant’s future
Removing 580 radioactive spent fuel assemblies from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station reactor vessel and transferring them to the adjacent spent fuel pool will begin Tuesday. PLYMOUTH – The decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station could stretch to 60 years if current owner, Entergy Nuclear Generation Co., handles the job, or it could be completed in only eight years if Holtec International succeeds in purchasing the plant.
About The Author
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative.
Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.