Cape activists arrested at nuclear plant protest rally
Source: Wicked Local Cape Cod
Ten people were arrested at last Sunday's "Rally at the Reactor" at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth.
The activists were arrested for trespassing when they attempted to deliver their message to a representative of Entergy, the corporate owner of the plant. Arrested were Joyce Johnson of Falmouth, William Maurer of Falmouth, Janet Azarovitz of Falmouth, Arlene Williamson of Mashpee, Sarah Thacher of Dennis, Margaret Rice-Moir of Brewster, Diane Turco of Harwich, Doug Long of Orleans, Femke Rosenbaum of Wellfleet and Debbie McCullough of Truro, were arraigned in Plymouth District Court today. They will appear in the Plymouth District Court for a pretrial hearing July 19.
Cape Downwinders, who organized the rally, stated in its message that it would no longer tolerate “Pilgrim's negligence in endangering the health and safety of the surrounding communities.”
The 41-year-old nuclear facility has exceeded its life span and the risk of a nuclear accident increases every day, the Downwinders said. The reactor at Pilgrim is the exact same design as the three reactors that exploded in Fukushima, Japan in March 2011. The re-licensing of the Pilgrim Facility took place last year to extend its life for an additional 20 years even though it was strongly opposed by Gov. Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Congressmen Bill Keating and Ed Markey, state Sen. Dan Wolf as well as the National Park Service. Gregory Jaczko, the NRC chairman at the time of the relicensing, voted not to relicense the reactor.
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