Pilgrim Nuclear

Attorneys cross-examined nine witnesses in the dispute over whether the owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Holtec International, can discharge radioactive water from the plant into Cape Cod Bay as part of the decommissioning.

Documents and procedures in the appeal are similar to a court case. Each side will have a chance to cross-examine witnesses who submitted written testimony.

Local activists hope to stop the evaporation of radioactive water from the nuclear plant, but the company that owns the plant says the activists are fear-mongering.

Demolition of the reactor building at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is scheduled to begin in 2031, but that timeline assumes two big things.

The nonbinding question, brought by petition, directs town governments to call on state officials to stop Pilgrim from evaporating industrial wastewater into the outdoor air.

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station plans to drain radioactive water from two areas of the plant in April, leading to reduced evaporation of the water.

The process seems to be moving much slower than at Vermont Yankee, according to a Department of Public Health representative on the state's nuclear panel. At Pilgrim, a dispute over the disposition of radioactive water has led to delays.

A state appeal over the proposed discharge of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is about to get underway.

Newly published research shows water from Pilgrim would likely remain in Cape Cod Bay for a least a month, and seasonal differences in wind and currents would influence the movement of the water.

The fuel, which is still radioactive, is stored outdoors on the Plymouth site in steel canisters, encased in concrete containers called casks.