Vermont Public Service Board gets an earful from anti-Yankee residents
The PSB launched the investigation, Docket 7600, in response to January filings by the Conservation Law Foundation and the New England Coalition requesting that the board shut down VY; consider revoking the Certificate of Public Good; and fine the company for the tritium leaks.
Analysis + video: Lawmakers call for action on latest Yankee leak
Stephen Wark said the Department of Public Service is concerned about the leak. He called the failure to conduct the pressurized test on the pipe “a big miss from our perspective.”
Gundersen: Latest leak at Vermont Yankee didn’t occur “overnight”
“The water they collected is new, but the hole is old,” Gundersen said. “There’s no way you can get an eighth-of-an-inch hole in a two-inch pipe overnight.”
Vermont Yankee and the perils of PowerPoint postscript
Vermont Yankee insists that its employees did not intentionally spread falsehoods. But this episode throws into sharp relief a potentially more disturbing reality about the regulation of nuclear plants.
The perils of PowerPoint at Vermont Yankee
Morgan Lewis found Vermont Yankee not guilty – concluding, in essence, that employees of the plant did indeed mislead officials about those pipes but not on purpose.
Vermont Yankee’s Earth Day gift sets a troubling precedent
Entergy at least implied it would release the whole report, but only if the Public Service Board let them reserve the right to hide the underlying documents.
Plotting Vermont’s energy future? Atlas literally puts renewables on the map
The Atlas will identify where efficiency and renewable energy projects can be most effectively sited in Vermont.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Tritium leak did not harm “off-site” environment
Levels of Cesium-137, Cobalt-60, Zinc-65 and Manganese-54 found in soils on the site were not radiologically significant, and would not affect human health.
On video: House tells Entergy to pay up on Yankee decommissioning
Smith: “This bill ensures that Entergy keeps the promise it made to the state in 2002 to restore the site to greenfield condition.”
Gov’s presser on video: Hydro-Quebec deal, Vermont Yankee, Lake Champlain cleanup, declining tax revenues
Douglas called into question the credibility of the EPA; defended the agreement with Hydro-Quebec; and blamed tax increases for revenue shortfalls.
