![]() ![]() Plymouth lawyer Bill Abbott founded the anti-Pilgrim group Plymouth County Nuclear Information Center (PICNIC). There was immediate opposition to the plan - as well as growing opposition to the power station itself. A rendering of Pilgrim II and III (Scanned from a Plymouth town document) These newer models would be capable of generating much more electricity than the existing reactor, which is housed in the square building to the right. In the early '70s, Boston Edison proposed building two more reactors in Plymouth: Pilgrim II and Pilgrim III (the two domes pictured below). One Pilgrim employee, Paul Smith (bottom center, with glasses), says that "most of the young people starting at the plant in 1969-1970 had long hair, earrings, motorcycles and a Greenpeace card." 1973-1979 Here are the original instruments and controls workers. The plant began generating power for the electrical grid in December 1972. ![]() It took about $231 million and more than three years to finish the Pilgrim plant. The decision made front page news in the local paper, which crowed that the plant would "add to Plymouth's national image." Also note the official comment from the Board of Selectmen: "Wow.!" (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)Ĭonstruction began in 1968. In 1967, Boston Edison Company announced it would build a nuclear power plant in Plymouth. Here are some of the big moments in the plant's history. Love it or hate it, by May 31, the plant will produce its last watt and shut down for good. Department of Energy) This article is more than 3 years old.įor more than five decades, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth has been a controversial fixture in Massachusetts. In this photo, circa 1971, the 525-ton, 65-foot-tall reactor vessel arrives by boat at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. ![]()
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