Vermont Senate to Vote on Fate of Yankee Nuclear Plant
February 24, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, which has found itself at the center of a chemical leak controversy, will have its fate decided by the Vermont state senate today.
In a last-ditch effort to influence lawmakers, Curt Hebert Jr., vice-president of Entergy Corp., which owns the plant, offered to sell cheap electricity to Vermont for three years if the reactor's license is renewed. The renewal period is for 20 years.
The Vermont Yankee plant has been caught in a firestorm of late after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission revealed the plant had a leak in 2005 and that the incident may have been covered up. On Jan. 7, Entergy disclosed that tritium had leaked from the plant, and although health officials said the leak poses no threat, protesters are raising their concerns about the plant and Entergy.
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In a last-ditch effort to influence lawmakers, Curt Hebert Jr., vice-president of Entergy Corp., which owns the plant, offered to sell cheap electricity to Vermont for three years if the reactor's license is renewed. The renewal period is for 20 years.
The Vermont Yankee plant has been caught in a firestorm of late after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission revealed the plant had a leak in 2005 and that the incident may have been covered up. On Jan. 7, Entergy disclosed that tritium had leaked from the plant, and although health officials said the leak poses no threat, protesters are raising their concerns about the plant and Entergy.
Read more at Nuclear Power News Today:
Latest Entergy news - http://nuclearpower.einnews.com/news/entergy-corp
Latest Radioactive Tritium news - http://nuclearpower.einnews.com/news/radioactive-tritium
Latest Vermont Nuclear Power news - http://nuclearpower.einnews.com/vermont/
Located at http://nuclearpower.einnews.com, Nuclear Power News Today is a service of EIN News, an industry leader in news monitoring for business professionals and analysts. Using a combination of proprietary search technology and human editing, EIN News delivers to its members the latest nuclear power news from around the world, saving them valuable time they'd spend searching for information. New users to Nuclear Power News Today can enjoy a no-obligation, one-week free trial.
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