Pilgrim has spent millions of dollars on enhanced security infrastructure since 9/11, and the site is one of the most secure and hardened nonmilitary facilities in the world, Entergy spokeswoman Carol Wightman said in an emailed statement Friday.
ilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth once again lost power Sunday, after having it restored for several hours following an offsite outage Friday night. Three diesel generators are now providing back-up power to the facilitys safety systems, said Carol Wightman, a spokeswoman for Entergy Corp.,
Date: Feb 10, 2013
Category: Business
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Power outage shuts down Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
Earlier last week, an Entergy spokeswoman told Bloomberg power was increased at Pilgrim. "We are in the process of increasing plant output," said Carol Wightman. The increase in production at the Plymouth plant was ordered after shutdown of a nuclear facility in Florida was announced, Bloomberg
Date: Feb 10, 2013
Category: Business
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Travel ban remains in effect, eyes turn to coast as blizzard continues
Plant spokeswoman Carol Wightman said in an e-mail statement later this morning that the plant remained off-line and there were no safety concerns for workers or the public as NStar worked to restore power.
The shutdown allowed operators to "investigate a minor leak associated with a pilot valve on one of the plant's four safety relief valves," Entergy Nuclear spokeswoman Carol Wightman said in a written statement.
Operatorsmanually shut down the plant at 5:45 a.m. to investigate what's being called "a minor leak associated with a pilot valve on one of the plants four safety relief valves," according to a release from Entergy spokesman Carol Wightman.
Date: Jan 21, 2013
Category: Business
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Utilities have hundreds of crews ready to go to respond to Sandy
Meanwhile, at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, workers are in contact with local officials, preparing for severe weather, and monitoring Sandys wind speeds, said spokeswoman Carol Wightman. Currently there are no plans to shut the plant down, she added.
Date: Oct 29, 2012
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Union workers locked out of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant
A statement from Carol Wightman, spokesman for Pilgrim, said that Highly qualified individuals from within Pilgrims management team as well as the Entergy nuclear fleet will be filling the necessary positions of the now locked-out workers. Laura Wareck of ONeill Associates, a public relations fi