Pilgrim shut down automatically at 4:05am Tuesday, January 27, 2015 after two transmission lines failed during Blizzard Juno around high tide – furthering concerns that the nuclear plant is seriously unprepared to weather the storm. Below, various news coverage of the situation at Pilgrim:
Feb 4: Cape Cod Times – More bad news for Pilgrim nuke plant
Feb 3: Nuclear Street News – Exelon Unfazed By Juno; NRC To Look Into Pilgrim Shutdown
Feb 3: Cape Cod Times – Inspectors sent to Pilgrim; critics call for crackdown
Feb 2: NRC News – NRC Initiates Special Inspection at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant
Jan 31: Boston Globe – Shutdown during storm spurs NRC review of Pilgrim
Jan 31: Wicked Local – PILGRIM STATION: Power stays on in most of Plymouth, but not at nuclear plant
Jan 28: NRC Blog – Additional Scrutiny at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant Set to Continue
Jan 27: Cape Cod Online – Storm shutters Pilgrim nuclear plant
Jan 27: Cape Cod Times – Frozen power lines shut down Pilgrim
Jan 27: CBS Boston – Blizzard Of 2015 Shuts Down Pilgrim Nuclear Station In Plymouth
Jan 27: Patriot Ledger – Pilgrim nuclear plant shut down by loss of transmission lines
Jan 27: Boston Globe – Pilgrim nuclear plant offline because of storm outage
Jan 27: MassLive – Winter Storm Juno: Massachusetts Gov. Baker provides update on forecast and cleanup
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) – Power Outage Viewer
The map represents power outages for four power companies in Massachusetts. Data is provided by utilities every 15 – 30 minutes.
Weather Channel – Over a Foot of Snow in Six States From Juno (FORECAST)
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