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SUMMARY:[Solidarity] Stop the dumping of radioactive water into Cape Cod B
 ay!
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DESCRIPTION:Event details: https://xrboston.org/action/solidarity-stop-the
 -dumping-radioactive-water/\n\nAttend this rally to protest the dumping of
  more than 1 million gallons of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. Here 
 is the background story:\n\nPilgrim Nuclear Power Station stopped generati
 ng electricity on June 1\, 2019\, and is now being decommissioned.  Pilgri
 m is now owned by Holtec\, a large company based in As part of decommissio
 ning\, Holtec\, Pilgrim’s current owner\, needs to dispose of more than 
 1 million gallons of left-over radioactively contaminated water.\n \nHolte
 c has two options: discharge the contaminated water into Cape Cod Bay\, or
  transport the water to an existing off-site radioactive waste facility.\n
  \nHoltec wants to dump the water into Cape Cod Bay\, for one simple reaso
 n\, it’s cheaper. The contaminated water will inevitably flow into Plymo
 uth\, Duxbury\, and Kingston Bays. The bays are semi-enclosed\, and circul
 ation currents tend to keep the water in them. It is not quickly flushed o
 ut and dispersed in the ocean\, but more  likely to end up in the sediment
 s at the bottoms of the bays or beaches. \n​\nVermont Yankee\, a nuclear
  power plant very much like Pilgrim\, will send 2 million gallons of its l
 ow-level radioactive wastewater (twice the amount Holtec is contemplating 
 dumping) to an Idaho waste facility rather than discharging it into the Co
 nnecticut River. There is no good reason for Holtec not to do the same. \n
  \nObviously\, the impact of one million gallons of radioactive water on o
 ur ocean ecosystems and area beaches will be devastating. Come to Plymouth
  to call out this travesty.
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LOCATION:Plymouth Town Hall
ORGANIZER;CN="Extinction Rebellion Boston":MAILTO:outreach@xrboston.org
URL:https://xrboston.org/action/solidarity-stop-the-dumping-radioactive-wa
 ter/
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