Plymouth, Massachusetts
Local population: 94,595 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Boiling Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 09/15/72-06/08/12
Owner:
Entergy Nuclear Operations
Safety Issues:
Elevated Spent Fuel Pool, Groundwater Leaks Reported, Heightened NRC Attention, Near Misses, Year Plus Outages
Related Links & Documents
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in April 1986 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf (1.5 kb)
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in December 1983 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf (1.5 kb)
03/07/1997Fission Stories #31
summarizes how 4,300 gallons of flammable oil leaking from a power transformer
outside the plant flowed into the turbine building and, had it ignited,
potentially caused a station blackout.
10/1988Fission Stories #10
describes how an aide to the Massachusetts governor was injured when NRC
security guards dragged him out of an NRC public meeting.
