Dec 22, 2008 3:30 pm US/Eastern
Ice Problems Shut Down Pilgrim Nuclear Plant
PLYMOUTH (WBZ) ―
The weekend's wintry weather caused problems at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth. The plant automatically shut down on Friday evening when ice jammed some transmission equipment.
The plant was restarted over the weekend, when they ran into some complications and were forced to shut the plant down once again.
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, the shut down was purely a precaution.
A spokesman for Pilgrim said the reactor was still non-operational Monday afternoon while additional tests were performed. The timetable for restarting the 680-megawatt plant was uncertain.
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