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State regulators have denied a permit sought by the company in charge of decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to.
State regulators have denied a permit modification sought by the company in charge of decommissioning the nuclear power plant in Plymouth to discharge 1.1 million gallons of industrial wastewater into Cape Cod Bay.
State water testing shows at least five radioactive materials in the water at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, plus PFAS chemicals and other non-radiological contaminants.
The Department of Public Health and Department of Environmental Protection released the much-anticipated results yesterday from samples collected April 5.
The water has been under scrutiny because Pilgrim owner Holtec has proposed discharging about 1 million gallons of water from the plant into Cape Cod Bay as part of the decommissioning of the closed facility.
The water would be released after treatment not reflected in the test results.
In an afternoon press briefing, officials from the two agencies said nothing surprised them about the contents of the water.
Results from the Department of Public Health testing show the water inside the reactor building contains tritium, which has been the subject of community concern because it cannot be removed. Tritium is a radioactive form of hydrogen and emits
An environmental watchdog group has suggested that an old state statute can keep Cape Cod Bay free of radioactive wastewater now sitting inside the defunct Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.