Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

Vermont Yankee Dry casks hold spent nuclear fuel at shutdown Vermont Yankee in Vernon. Photo courtesy of Vermont Yankee. BRATTLEBORO — While Vermont Yankee's accelerated cleanup plan appears to be gaining momentum, the question of what to do with the plant's radioactive spent fuel remains ...

BRATTLEBORO — Vermont Yankee administrators have shipped away nearly 700,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater as they continue to deal with ... Those shipments now total 695,000 gallons, Lynch told Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel members Thursday night in ...

VERNON — Even as Vermont Yankee's accelerated cleanup plan appears to be gaining momentum, the question of what to do with the plant's ... But if the companies are successful, the Texas site might represent a long-sought destination for spent fuel from Vermont Yankee and other nuclear plants ...

The effort to move Vermont Yankee's spent fuel into sealed casks is still on hold as crews perform precautionary inspections. The NRC and Entergy recently reported that a potential issue emerged at another nuclear site involving casks made by Holtec International, the company that manufactures Vermont ...

Spokesmen for plant owner Entergy and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission characterized the delay as precautionary. They said loose bolts were discovered in Holtec International's casks at a different nuclear site, and no problem has been identified at Vermont Yankee, which also uses that ...

"That is fabulous news. I am very, very happy to hear that," said Susan Quinn of Vernon. It's not often that you get that sort of reaction from residents in Vernon, home of the now-defunct Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Especially from someone like Susan Quinn, who recently moved back to town after ...

Affiliates of Entergy Corporation and NorthStar Group Services Inc have signed agreements with State of Vermont agencies and other parties on terms for the sale approval of the shut-down Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to NorthStar. The sale will enable the accelerated decommissioning of the ...

The New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, a safe energy advocacy group focused on the hazards and risks of nuclear power, was one of 10 groups at the table during closed-door negotiations over the document, including Entergy, Northstar, the Vermont Department of Health, the Vermont Attorney ...

State officials and Entergy Corp. have reached an agreement on the sale and decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, potentially allowing the utility to sell the facility to a company specializing in power plant demolitions. Entergy has targeted 2075 for the decommissioning and site restoration ...

MONTPELIER — The state has struck an agreement with the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and the New York City demolition company that wants to buy it. The deal increases financial assurances to the state for the plant's accelerated decommissioning. The new assurances come to close to ...

Longstanding, closed-door negotiations regarding the sale of a shuttered nuclear plant on the Connecticut River could wrap up next week, according to a Vermont news organization. Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, which ceased operations in 2014, is located in Vernon, an 10-mile drive ...

Long-standing opponents of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have continually objected to NorthStar's proposed plan to decommission the nuclear plant within the next 10 years despite all of the near-term benefits. Most recently, a number of individuals have demanded that the Vermont Yankee site ...

The SAFSTOR decommissioning approach (which is being utilized at the now closed Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, which is also owned by Entergy) delays for up to 60 years the complete decontamination and dismantling of a site. During that delay radioactive contaminants of the reactor and ...

State regulators will consider the testimony of two prominent nuclear power critics in deciding whether a cleanup company should be allowed to buy Vermont Yankee. The Vermont Public Utility Commission has ruled that the majority of testimony offered by Ray Shadis and Arnie Gundersen is admissible.

Of those, 26 were from Entergy Corp., owner of the permanently shut-down Vermont Yankee plant. Requests from licensees have ranged from the elimination of the 10-mile emergency planning zones surrounding plants to reductions in required liability insurance for off-site problems, a shrinking of security ...

It is essential that state and local leaders have a seat at the table throughout the decommissioning process. This commonsense legislation ensures the decommissioning process is transparent, inclusive and collaborative so that all interested parties are heard.” The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in ...

MONTPELIER — Reporting they have made “significant progress” in confidential talks to resolve the state's concerns about the proposed sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to a New York City demolition company, state regulators have asked the Public Utility Commission for more time to ...

As you know, the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is the subject of a proposed sale to NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company. As long as the owner has the resources to clean up the site, I do not necessarily care who owns it. What I do care about is a commitment to clean up the site to at least ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Confidential talks between the administration of Gov. Phil Scott and the owner and would-be owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have made progress in resolving the state's concerns about the sale. In a series of filings last week with the Public Utility Commission (PUC), ...

The deal, which the two companies want to close by the end of this year, requires approval from both the state utility commission and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Entergy stopped power production at Vermont Yankee at the end of 2014 and had been planning a prolonged decommissioning ...