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NRC gets earful in hearing on VY problems – Boston.com

NRC gets earful in hearing on VY problems
boston.com October 14, 2008 BRATTLEBORO, Vt.—Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tried on Tuesday to reassure local residents that recent problems with the cooling towers at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant are not symptomatic of the rest of the plant…………………..
NRC officials held a press briefing followed by a public meeting Tuesday to share their findings about sagging and leaking that occurred in the cooling towers in July. The session followed last week’s release of an NRC inspection report giving Vermont Yankee a mild scolding for how it had responded to earlier problems in the towers………………….

The NRC drew the same sort of skepticism from Rep. Sarah Edwards, P-Brattleboro, who attended Tuesday’s session.

“I felt it was important to show up because I don’t feel that what the public says has much impact or really has been heard,” she said. She complained that when they come to public hearings in Vermont, federal regulators often seem to be going through the motions. “It’s a box they have to check off.”

NRC gets earful in hearing on VY problems – Boston.com

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