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Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor under scrutiny for radioactive leaks and lies

NRC To Increase Oversight Of Vermont Yankee VPR News 04/07/10  John Dillon – Montpelier, Vt. Host) Federal regulators will increase oversight of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant because of recent radiation leaks and misstatements by plant executives……. (Dillon) Besides misleading lawmakers, Entergy Vermont Yankee executives also testified under oath that the plant did not have pipes that could leak radioactivity.That turned out to be false. And Attorney General Bill Sorrell is now pursuing a criminal investigation…

…Sheehan says two additional people will likely be assigned to look at the groundwater contamination issues and the accuracy of information given to the government. But one Yankee critic is not comforted by the additional oversight. Bob Stannard, a lobbyist for Citizens Action Network, said the NRC staff has already recommended that Yankee operate for another 20 years past its 2012 shutdown date…

..Meanwhile, Yankee is the focus of more scrutiny on the state level as well. Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen – a member of a state panel – told the Associated Press that the recent radiation leaks stemmed from eight separate failures in plant systems.

VPR News: NRC To Increase Oversight Of Vermont Yankee

April 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radioactive, reactor