Holtec, the company in charge of cleaning up the shuttered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, is moving ahead with plans to discharge contaminated wastewater into Cape Cod Bay.
"This is the path that the EPA has given for us to be able to move forward," said Noyes, speaking at a public meeting of theNoyes noted that the EPA had offered Holtec"no assurances" that the agency would amend the permit, but Noyes said that the company"will make every good faith effort to modify the permit and move forward."
Noyes' words caused an audible gasp of astonishment from audience members at Plymouth Town Hall, many of whom held signs reading"Illegal! Illegal! Illegal!" Holtec has proposed four options for disposing of the water: trucking it to another facility for disposal; evaporating the water and discharging vapor through the air handling system; long-term onsite storage; or cleaning it up and discharging it into Cape Cod Bay. The last option has raised considerable concerns within the community.
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This does not seem like a wise decision.