The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station awaits a state permit to discharge radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay.
A draft denial was issued last summer, but no final decision has been made.
Holtec International officials say if they are not allowed this course of action, out-of-state shipping is the alternative.
Holtec noted that evaporation of the water is already underway within the plant, but last fall an estimated 950 thousand gallons remained.
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