Pilgrim Nuclear Power Tender

Scopehe 677MW Pilgrim nuclear power plant NPP located in Massachusetts US is being decommissioned after being operated for approximately five decades. The plant entered the phase one of decommissioning with the completion of nuclear fuel removal from the reactor into the spent fuel pool in January 2019 while permanent shutdown was achieved in May 2019. Entergy Nuclear Operations a subsidiary of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company ENGC was the owner and operator of the Pilgrim NPP before its shut down. The NPP was acquired by Holtec Decommissioning International HDI a subsidiary of Holtec International to carry out decommissioning activities at the site in August 2019. The Pilgrim NPP decommissioning project is estimated to cost 930m 1.13bn. The site restoration works to meet the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC requirements are expected to be completed by 2027 while the removal of all spent fuels of the facility is scheduled for completion by 2063.