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The Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel began their meeting with an update from Holtec. https://radio1.serpcom.com/watd/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lampert1.mp3 The panel's Chair James Lampert tells WATD News they also discussed Evaporation and Wastewater Disposal. https://radio1.serpcom.com/watd/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lampert2.mp3 There was also an update from the Interagency Working Group. https://radio1.serpcom.com/watd/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lampert3.mp3 Lampert provided an example of what he meant. https://radio1.serpcom.com/watd/wp-content/...

Two state agencies say they'll observe collection of water samples at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and have the water tested at separate labs. Specific water-quality laws and regulations are playing an increasing role in the debate over what should happen to the radioactive water inside the plant. The applicability of water-discharge permitting rules, federal water-quality standards, and the Massachusetts Ocean Sanctuaries Act have been the focus of recent discussion by the state’s Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel.

A longtime activist says radioactive water inside the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station probably can’t be filtered enough for legal discharge into Cape Cod Bay. “No filter is perfect,” said James Lampert of Pilgrim Watch. “They will significantly reduce the level of pollutants, the level of minerals, but they will not get rid of them all.” Pilgrim owner Holtec is looking for a way to dispose of about a million gallons of water as part of the decommissioning of the power plant. The water contains both nuclear and non-nuclear pollutants.

Cape Cod town leaders oppose treated radioactive water release in Cape Cod Bay, in letters filed at Tuesday hearing.