GUILLERMO'S CAR.
HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES.
INCLUDING LARCENY AND RECEIVING
STOLEN PROPERTY.
THE STATE'S LAST NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT SHUT DOWN AFTER
NEARLY 50 YEARS.
THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR PLANT
PROVIDED ENOUGH POWER FOR MORE
THAN 600,000 HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
WBZ'S BILL SHIELDS IS IN
PLYMOUTH TONIGHT WITH MORE ON
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE
CAPE DOWNWINDERS.
THEY PROTESTED THE PILGRIM
PLANT FOR YEARS.
TODAY, THEY'RE CELEBRATING.
THAT WE'RE NO LONGER UNDER
THE THREAT OF A NUCLEAR
ACCIDENT AT THIS PILGRIM
REACTOR SITE.
THERE ARE 47 YEARS OF HIGH
LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE THAT WILL
REMAIN HERE FOR DECADES.
IT CAME ONLINE IN 1972.
OVER THE YEARS THE PLANT
PROVIDED ENERGY FOR 17% OF THE
STATE'S POWER NEEDS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, 600,000
HOMES.
IT'S THE REAL NUMBER OF WHAT
THIS PROVIDED FOR THAT LONG. IN
THE MID 80s.
PILGRIM WAS SHUT DOWN AND
OVERHAULED.
SINCE THEN, NO MAJOR PROBLEMS.
SHE WORKED HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
NOT ONCE DID I FEEL UNSAFE.
NOT ONCE DID I FEEL THE COMPANY
THAT WAS DOING ANYTHING UNSAFE.
SO I FEEL THAT WITH THE PLAN
MOVING AHEAD, IF PUTTING
EVERYTHING IN THE DRY CASKS,
THAT IT'S THE SAFEST PLACE IT
COULD BE.
THE ENERGY LOSS WILL BE MADE
UP FOR BY OUR STATE BURNING
MORE NATURAL GAS AND OIL.
THE REAL QUESTION THERE
WOULD BE TO ASK ISO NEW ENGLAND
ON THE GRID.
THERE'S NO NEW CAPACITY.
NOT ON A LARGE SCALE I KNOW
OF, NO.
THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE
PLANTED IS EXPECTED TO TAKE
BETWEEN 8 TO 10 YEARS AND THE
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