Dive Summary:
- Entergy's Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts was shut down on September 8 after a steam leak was detected in the plant's feed water system.
- There's no timeline thus far on when the plant will come back online. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) says the leak poses no threat to the public.
- The plant recently had not been operating at full capacity as Entergy was forced shut the plant down temporarily in late August due to a malfunction with the electrical system that energizes the pumps that supply cooling water to the reactor core.
From the article:
"An NRC spokesman says although part of the same system, the two issues are unrelated. man says although part of the same system, the two issues are unrelated."
