| Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station | |
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.jpg) Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 41°56.7′N 70°34.7′W / 41.9450°N 70.5783°W |
| Status | Being decommissioned |
| Construction began | August 26, 1968 |
| Commission date | December 1, 1972 |
| Decommission date | beginning May 31, 2019 |
| Construction cost | $462.25 million (2007 USD)[1] |
| Owner | Entergy |
| Operator | Entergy |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | BWR |
| Reactor supplier | General Electric |
| Cooling source | Cape Cod Bay |
| Thermal capacity | 1 × 2.028 GWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 677 MW |
| Make and model | BWR-3 (Mark 1) |
| Units cancelled | 2 × 1.18 GW |
| Nameplate capacity | 677 MW |
| Capacity factor | 85.10% (2017) 70.6% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 5.047 TWh (2017) |
| External links | |
| Website | Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) is a closed nuclear power plant in Massachusetts in the Manomet section of Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, south of the tip of Rocky Point and north of Priscilla Beach. Like many similar plants, it was constructed by Bechtel, and was powered by a General Electric BWR 3 boiling water reactor inside of a Mark 1 pressure suppression type containment and generator.[2] With a 690 MWe production capacity, it produced about 14% of the electricity generated in Massachusetts.[3]
On October 13, 2015, the plant's owners announced that it would close by June 1, 2019, citing "market conditions and increased costs," which would have included tens of millions of dollars of necessary safety upgrades. Following closure, decommissioning is expected to take decades for radiation to decay.[4]
- ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "General Electric Mark I Reactors in the United States" (PDF). Nuclear Information and Resource Service.
- ^ "Massachusetts Nuclear Profile 2010". Energy Information Administration (EIA), United States Department of Energy (DOE). April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ Abel, David (October 13, 2015). "Pilgrim nuclear power plant to close in Plymouth". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.