Junk and Dead Ender Pilgrim: "Communication Has Become Terrible With The Fire Department"

They are probable losing employees hands over fist. Who wants their careers tainted by this terribly operating plant.

Hydrogen gas leak forces investigation at Pilgrim nuke plant

"Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station leaked 2,680 cubic feet of hydrogen gas into Plymouth skies Friday from its turbine building, once again forcing plant operators to file reports with state and federal regulators.

“One local agency that should have been contacted never got the call, according to Plymouth Fire Chief Ed Bradley.

The event was just one more in a string of mishaps the 44-year-old reactor has experienced over the past month, and the plant owner plans to closely look at what happened.

“While this is an infrequent occurrence, it does not meet our standards and a prompt investigation is underway to determine the cause and to preclude recurrence,” Entergy Corp.’s spokesman Patrick O’Brien wrote in an email to the Times.

Pilgrim operators notified the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection of the event late Friday afternoon, and submitted a short event report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday, in which it stated the required notice was also given to the Plymouth Fire Department.

The plant license holder must report any hydrogen releases greater than 1,900 cubic feet during a 24-hour period.

Bradley was unhappy about the lack of notice but said it's become typical behavior. "In the past three months, communication has become terrible," the fire chief said Monday. "And I don't know why." He said he made a phone call to plant managers Monday, who confirmed the release had taken place.

DEP spokesman Edmund Coletta said his agency received the phone call shortly before 6 p.m. Friday. “They are now required to hire a licensed site professional, which they have done, to submit a closure report on what happened, how it happened and why it happened,” he said. “They have 60 days to do that.””