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Capital News 9 | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES | More problems for Vermont Yankee nuke plant

More problems for Vermont Yankee nuke plant 17 Sept 08  MONTPELIER, VT. — There’s been more trouble at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, as officials there have reduced power to 55 percent after a problem with a cooling tower.


A spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said three sections of the plant’s east cooling tower were leaking, forcing it to shut down. Officials say the leak appeared to be about 60 gallons per minute because of faulty packing material in an expansion joint.
n 2007, a section of the plant’s west cooling tower collapsed, and new problems were found with the tower this July.

Capital News 9 | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES | More problems for Vermont Yankee nuke plant

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