Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
| Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station | |
|---|---|
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station | |
| 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) |
| Owner | Holtec International |
| Operator | Holtec Decommissioning International |
| 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 |
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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. With a 690 MWe production capacity, it produced about 14% of the electricity generated in Massachusetts.
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.