Holtec dumping of radioactive water at NJ plant spurs questions about Pilgrim's future
Holtec dumping of radioactive water at NJ plant spurs questions about Pilgrim's future Sarah Carlon Cape Cod Times Published Sept 23, 2022 PLYMOUTH — As the next public meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission draws closer, recent water discharges from a now-closed New Jersey nuclear power plant have some Cape organizers wondering if the future of Plymouth's shuttered power station is happening in real-time just three states away. The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station , located in Forked River, New Jersey, shut down in 2018 and is undergoing decommissioning by Holtec Decommissioning International, the same company in charge of decommissioning the now-closed Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth. Neil Sheehan, a public affairs officer with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, confirmed the Oyster Creek station released 24,000 gallons of low-level radioactive water from the plant into the surrounding water on Sept. 7, which f...