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Pilgrim is a GE mark 1 design, the most dangerous design.
They are shutting it down, we are not sure when, but by 2019 June 1 for sure. They refuel in spring of 2017, so that also may be the last fission date.
It is a hazard to Boston and Plymouth, and in reality to the northern hemisphere.
Management cited several reasons for the decision, including low current and forecast low wholesale energy prices that are expected to lead to annual losses of more than $40 million in revenue for Pilgrim. The company also blamed state energy policy, which Mohl said “picks winners and losers.” “When we look at energy policies in Massachusetts we see a proposed clean energy standard that excludes nuclear, a preference for Canadian hydro power and the subsidization of gas pipeline capacity through electric ratepayers, and put that all together … and it became clear to us that we needed to make the decision to retire Pilgrim,” Mohl said. The plant will remain under enhanced oversight by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission throughout the process, and Entergy expects to spend $45 million to $60 million at the plant during that time, he said.
