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This week: Vineyard Wind takes delivery of the very first pieces for its very first offshore wind tower. The machine gun range gets a hearing with the EPA. And now we know what’s in the water that nuclear plant owner Holtec wants to dump into Cape Cod Bay. A big week in news!
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The Department of Public Health and Department of Environmental Protection released the much-anticipated results yesterday from samples collected April 5.
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Members of the public are calling on the state to release the results of April water testing at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
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Stories include claims that offshore wind regulators are ignoring dangers to the fishing industry, more criticism of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning, and a roundtable discussion with climate reporters.
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This week: An airman stationed at Joint Base Cape Cod is at the center of national scrutiny over leaked documents. And, a local group says it’s got a legal argument for stopping Holtec from dumping radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay.
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Lawyers for the Association to Preserve Cape Cod are making a detailed legal argument to the state that discharge of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is illegal, regardless of whether the water is contaminated.
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This week: That million gallons of radioactive water that Holtec wants to dump into Cape Cod Bay? Samples of it have now been taken and sent to a lab. Also: Vineyard Wind is gathering the pieces to start assembling its offshore wind farm. And, the Steamship Authority is in no rush to reach for electric ferries — that’s got some folks frustrated.
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Holtec spokesman Patrick O’Brien said the water already meets radiation limits.
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This week: The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant says it is applying for a permit to dump radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. Also, we’ve got details on the new Sagamore bridge – where’s its likely to go, and how we’ll get on and off of it. And Massachusetts lobstermen gather in Hyannis for a trade show like no other.
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Many members of the audience held orange signs that read, “Protect our bays! No permit!” in reference to the proposed modification of Holtec’s permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.