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Health and fishing groups ask legislature to block evaporation or ocean discharge of Pilgrim’s radioactive wastewater
Summary
Physicians, lobstermen and local residents urged the joint committee to block Holtec's plans to evaporate or discharge radioactive wastewater from Pilgrim's decommissioning and asked lawmakers to advance House Bill 4040 or stronger measures that stop aerosolization or ocean disposal.
Residents, physicians, commercial fishing representatives and local advocates urged the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to advance legislation that would prevent the airborne evaporation or ocean discharge of radioactive wastewater generated during decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.
Arthur Deslojas said Pilgrim, under Holtec's ownership, sought to evaporate contaminated pool water and that the community had successfully blocked a direct liquid discharge into Cape Cod Bay in earlier legal actions. "The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, planned to discharge 1,000,000 gallons of radioactive…
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