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VPR News
Vermont Yankee Questions Tritium Findings
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Vermont Yankee disputes state test results that show radioactive tritium has been found on the banks of the Connecticut River. But some say the discovery of any tritium in the river is noteworthy. Earlier: Tritium Found In WellVPR News
Analysis: AG Won’t Prosecute Entergy Executives
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Reporter Bob Kinzel talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell’s decision not to file suit against top Entergy executives for misstatements about underground pipes.VPR News
AG: Yankee Failed To Meet Standards, But Won’t Face Charges
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Vermont Yankee and its staff won’t face charges for misleading the state about whether underground pipes at the plant carried nuclear material. VPR Archive: Officials Study Re-locating VT Yankee PipeVPR News
Two Groups Seek To Intervene In Vermont Yankee Suit
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Two more groups have filed court papers seeking to intervene on behalf of Vermont in a civil suit brought by the owners of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
PSB Rejects Entergy Spinoff Proposal
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The Public Service Board said "no" to a proposed spin-off of Vermont Yankee into a new company, calling the corporate restructuring financially risky.VPR News
Groups That Challenged Vermont Yankee To Be Reimbursed
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State regulators have concluded that Vermont Yankee misled them about whether there were underground pipes carrying radioactive material at the plant. Entergy Vermont Yankee now has to cover the legal fees of environmental groups that have challenged the company’s request to extend its license.VPR News
Vermont Yankee tries to repair leak
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Entergy Nuclear officials say power has been reduced at Vermont Yankee while technicians try to find and repair a leak of river water into the plant’s cooling system.VPR News
Without contract, Yankee vote off table
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Legislative leaders want to know what Vermont Yankee will charge utilities for electricity before they vote on whether to extend its operating license another 20 years.VPR News