Attorney General Martha Coakley is asking the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission not to give the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant permission to operate another 20 years until it is clear it can operate safely.
Coakley, who has raised numerous safety concerns in recent years about the storage of spent fuel rods at the plant, says the radioactive leak from a spent fuel pool at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant underscores the need for more review of the pools at U.S. reactors. The Pilgrim plant, which has the same basic design as the Fukushima plant, has applied for permission to operate after its license expires next year.
Read more: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2011/05/mass_ag_asks_for_hold_on_pilgr.html
Article courtesy of The Boston Globe-Green Blog posted by Beth Daley
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