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Nuclear power company misled legislature

Nuclear Engineer Says He Alerted State About Yankee Pipes Last Summer  VPR  01/22/10 John Dillon – Montpelier, Vt. State officials reacted strongly last week when Vermont Yankee admitted it had underground pipes that could leak radioactivity.But the news should not have come as a complete surprise. A nuclear engineer who advises the legislature says he alerted the state last sutmmer and fall about the potential problems with the underground pipes…………the oversight panel asked Yankee if it had underground pipes that could leak – and plant officials repeatedly said no.

That information turned out not to be true. Yankee disclosed last week that it has underground pipes – and that the pipes could be the source of radioactive tritium found in a groundwater monitoring well 30 feet from the Connecticut River.

But Gundersen says that last summer he discovered documents that challenged the accuracy of Yankee’s statements.

And he says he alerted the state Department of Public Service several times about his concerns.

VPR News: Nuclear Engineer Says He Alerted State About Yankee Pipes Last Summer

January 24, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radioactive