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RE-LICENSING

Re-licensing Pilgrim should be opposed due to Pilgrim’s location. It is on an eroding coast line, subject to more severe storms and the vulnerability of the region to a major quake.

Our ecosystem is fragile and there is evidence of harm – radiation is a persistent poison and its effects are cumulative.

Enough harm has been done to our marine ecosystem; re-licensing should not be considered without a dry cooling system installed as a prior condition of operations. New England’s fishing stocks are depleted; fishermen face restrictions. Pilgrim should never be allowed to continue with an unrestricted fishing permit.

 Simple mitigating measures to be considered in the interim:

	Pilgrim NPS now runs its water intake pumps continually at 100%. However, it is not necessary to run the pumps all the time; and they can operate variably at 25% to 75%. If the flow is reduced, the number of eggs, larvae and juvenile fish entrained will be reduced; and the number of fish entrapped reduced.
	Pilgrim NPS should target the date of their refueling outages so that it coincides with the period that most fish eggs are in the waters, March.

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