Word: reactors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report entitled, "Whitewash," the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG) urges the permanent closure of Pilgrim on economic and safety grounds. The reactor has been closed for more than two years...
...Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will decide later this fall whether to open the reactor. Massachusetts officials testified against reopening at a hearing last week...
...report finds Boston Edison makes about $20 million per year on rate increases meant to pay for the reactor, even though Pilgrim is closed...
...revelations were enough to curl the hair on the neck of the most seasoned nuclear engineer. Last April a reactor at the Federal Government's sprawling Savannah River Plant near Aiken, S.C., was shut down to upgrade safety systems -- with partially irradiated tritium still in its core. In August technicians, oblivious to the decaying radioactive material inside, tried to restart the reactor but were unable to keep it going. The next day they tried again. Ignoring procedure, they set off an abnormal jump in nuclear fission, usually a sign of imminent trouble. Workers ignored the warning, forcing plant officials...
Dukakis and other state officials have urged the NRC to keep the 670-megawatt reactor shut down until an acceptable emergency evacuation plan is installed and tested. Last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the previous plan was unacceptable...