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Radioactive water still leaking from Yankee pipe

By VPR | February 18, 2009

Engineers at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant are still trying to stop a pipe from leaking slightly radioactive water.

NRC says Vermont Yankee must study metal fatigue

By John Dillon | November 25, 2008

A federal review panel says Entergy Vermont Yankee should not be allowed to operate after 2012 unless it conducts a more detailed analysis of aging metal components. The decision marks the first time that the three-judge panel has ruled against a company’s application for a license extension. But Yankee says it’s already doing the studies that the panel has called for.

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No penalty for Vermont Yankee collapsed cooling tower

By VPR | May 8, 2008

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant isn’t going to be penalized for allowing a cooling tower to degrade so badly it collapsed last summer.

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Audit finds problems at nuclear parts supplier

By VPR | April 10, 2008

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says there’s no indication there were any problems with parts that were not inspected properly before being sent to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon.