2/17/2012 Vermont Yankee and Other Aging Nuclear Power Plants

Source: CNN
Date: 2/17/2012
by: Amber Lyon

[Editor's Note:
Arnie Gundersen and Bernie Sanders are interviewed along with Vermont's attorney general William H. Sorrell who says Entergy, the utility which runs the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, misled them. There is also an attempt to interview the Entergy CEO J. Wayne Leonard and to interview the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who both declined to be interviewed.

12/13/2011 Nuclear industry seeks end to regulatory spat

Source: Reuters via The Raw Story
Date: 12/13/2011

Topics: darrell issa ♦ NRC ♦ the White House

 

(Reuters) – The nuclear industry asked the White House and Congress on Monday to resolve a nasty power struggle at theNuclear Regulatory Commission, an internal fight that will be scrutinized at two Congressional hearings this week.

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9/14/2011 Entergy nuke plant trial in Vermont wraps up

Source: Associated Press
Date: 9/14/2011
by: Dave Gram


BRATTLEBORO, Vt.—An Entergy Corp. lawyer argued Wednesday in the court battle over Vermont's refusal to extend the life of a nuclear power plant that state lawmakers wrongly considered safety in blocking an extension.
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Editor's Note:  This is the nuclear plant which the state of Vermont wanted to block from license renewal but Entergy, the utility that runs the plant, challenged the state's veto law in federal court.  Bernie Sanders is one of the outspoken Vermont senators who opposes this plant due to safety issues.  See "Leas: Entergy’s case to keep operating Vermont Yankee falls of its own weight" for a good summary of the court case and its implications/importance.
 
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8/2/2011 Bernie Sanders: Nuclear Safety Now

Source: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders via NuclearFreePlanet.org
Date: 8/2/2011

Uploaded by Bernie Sanders on Aug 2, 2011

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today pressed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to aggressively implement task force recommendations on reactor safety in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis.

Editor's Note: Here is a map of the controversial Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant run by Entergy which the Vermont Senate voted to block from being re-licensed for operation in February 2010 due to tritium leaks, lies by plant officials and other safety issues.

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Entergy has filed a Federal lawsuit against Vermont's veto law which allows the state to block the re-licensing of Vermont Yankee, so that the utility can continue operation of the nuclear power plant. The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission), a federal agency, has already approved a 20 year license renewal for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant as of March, 2011. Recently there has been bad news about fish near the nuclear power plant being contaminated by strontium-90.  Vermont Yankee's current license to operate expires March of next year.