(HE)
MASSACHUSETTS' ONLY
REMAINING NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT IS
POWERING DOWN TODAY
--- BUT THE OPERATORS
OF NEW ENGLAND'S
POWER GRID SAY ---
THEY'RE NOT WORRIED
ABOUT SUPPLY.
IT WAS EXPECTED TO
TAKE FIVE HOURS TO
SHUT DOWN PILGRM
NUCLEAR POWER
STATION'S REACTOR ---
WORKERS PRACTICED IT
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
DESPITE PILGRIM GOING
OFFLINE, AND THE
SHUTDOWN OF BRAYTON
POINT --- A
SPOKESPERSON FOR I-S-O
NEW ENGLAND TELLS US
THEY'VE HAD YEARS TO
PLAN, AND SAY NEW
ALTERNATIVE POWER
SOURCES LIKE WIND AND
SOLAR WILL OFFSET THE
CLOSINGS.
["So as of right now, especially
for
this summer, are seeing
resources
available for all 6 states so we
don't
anticipate any issues in the
near
future."]
(HE)
IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO
FULLY DECOMMISSION
PILGRIM --- INCLUDING
GETTING RID OF 'SPENT
FUEL' -- AND CLEANING UP
THE SITE.
