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Board to probe call for Vermont Yankee shutdown

AP Wire — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Two weeks after lawmakers voted to close Vermont Yankee in 2012, Vermont regulators are being pressed to act sooner - shutting it down immediately - because of leaking tritium that environmental groups say is polluting the environment.

Vermont Senate votes to close Yankee nuclear plant in 2012

AP Wire — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Senate voted Wednesday to block the state's only nuclear plant from operating after its license expires in 2012.

Tritium leaks at Vermont Yankee add to history of concerns about aging reactor

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

BOSTON - Tritium - not to be confused with a fragile Northeastern wildflower of a similar name - is a radioactive byproduct of nuclear power production, and activists fear it could be heading our way down the Connecticut River.

Vermont Yankee owner makes power offer on vote's eve

AP Wire — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:58:18 -0500

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The owners of Vermont's only nuclear plant on Tuesday offered a shot of cut-rate power in an effort to help the state build jobs - and were immediately met by skepticism about their motives in making the pitch on the eve of a Senate vote that could lead to the plant's demise.

Patrick calls for more tests at nuclear plants

AP Wire — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick is asking the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ramp up testing for potential leaks at two New England nuclear power plants.

In a letter, Patrick said the agency should order extensive tests for tritium and other radioactive substances at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth.

Vermont: Radioactive tritium reaching the Connecticut River

AP Wire — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The state's top health official said Tuesday it's reasonable to assume a radioactive substance leaking from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is reaching the Connecticut River.

Much higher tritium levels found at Vt. Yankee

AP Wire — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A radioactive substance recently found in groundwater monitoring wells at a Vermont nuclear plant has turned up again at levels more than nine times those previously reported and more than 37 times higher than a federal safe drinking water limit, officials said Thursday.