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Entergy Completes Sale of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to Holtec
08/26/2019

Entergy Corporation today completed the sale of the subsidiary that owns the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to a Holtec International subsidiary.

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Pilgrim License Transfer Approved by Nuclear Regulatory Commission
08/23/2019

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday approved the application to transfer the licenses for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from Entergy Corporation to a Holtec International subsidiary for decommissioning, paving the way for completion of the plant’s sale to Holtec

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Pilgrim Successfully Enters Phase I of Decommissioning
07/01/2019

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station entered Phase I of plant decommissioning following safe removal of nuclear fuel from the reactor into the spent fuel pool, and NRC docketing of the certifications of permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor on June 11. Approximately 270 site employees are being retained to perform post-shutdown operations.

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Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Shut Down Permanently
06/03/2019

Control room operators at Entergy's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station shut down its reactor for the final time on Friday, at 5:28 p.m.

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Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Returned to Normal Regulatory Oversight
03/06/2019

Entergy’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station was returned to normal, baseline oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week, moving the plant from Column 4 to Column 1 in the agency’s Reactor Oversight Program.

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Holtec’s process achieves site restoration decades sooner than if Entergy retained the plant.
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Holtec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by End of 2019
11/16/2018

Holtec plans to complete decommissioning and site restoration decades sooner than if Entergy completed decommissioning.

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Entergy Agrees to Post-Shutdown Sale of Pilgrim, Palisades Nuclear Power Plants to Holtec International for Decommissioning
08/01/2018

Entergy has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that own the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan, after their shutdowns and reactor defuelings, to a Holtec International subsidiary for accelerated decommissioning.

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Entergy Intends to Refuel Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts Next Year
04/14/2016

Entergy Corporation announced today that it intends to refuel the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., next year to continue supplying power to New England, then cease operations on May 31, 2019. The decision narrows the previously announced shutdown timeframe of 2017-2019.

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Entergy to Close Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts No Later than June 1, 2019
10/13/2015

Entergy Corporation announced today that it will close its Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., no later than June 1, 2019, because of poor market conditions, reduced revenues and increased operational costs. The company notified the independent system operator of the electric grid, the ISO New England Inc., that as of that date, Pilgrim would not participate as a capacity resource in the market.

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