Replacement Workers No Longer Sleeping at Pilgrim

Town Manager Melissa Arrighi told WATD that replacement workers at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station are no longer sleeping on the grounds at the plant.

Plymouth residents and members of UWUA Local 369 said workers were sleeping in trailers on the grounds, in violation of local, state and federal safety law.

with the town's Inspectional Department earlier this week.

Arrighi questioned newly appointed Entergy liaison David Tarantino about temporary workers sleeping on the grounds of the Pilgrim Plant at a meeting Wednesday, according to the report.

I directly asked him: do you have people staying there in cots? Cause I understand the concern about that. He said that that was something they did temporarily in the beginning of what I call the contingency planning that they had. He said that that was absolutely not happening now.

In regard to the complaint made by attorney and member, Ted Bosen, that such overnight stays constitute a zoning violation, Arrighi took up the matter with Paul McAuliffe, the town’s Director of Inspectional Services.

"It would appear that Entergy has used these overnight stays as needed—as a stop gap measure. I think that he feels that doesn’t rise to the level of a zoning violation," Arrighi told the radio station.

If Bosen disagrees with McAuliffe's determination he can appeal that decision to the Zoning Board of Appeals.