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Vermont Yankee nuke plant back online after repair

Sun Nov 7, 2010 8:51 PM EST
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<p>FILE - In this April 20, 2007 file photo, Indian Point nuclear power plant's containment silos rise above the skyline along the Hudson River in Buchanan, N.Y. A transformer exploded at the Indian Point nuclear power plant Sunday night, Nov. 7, 2010 leading to an automatic emergency shutdown of one of its reactors, authorities said. No one was injured and no radioactive materials leaked. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)</p>

FILE - In this April 20, 2007 file photo, Indian Point nuclear power plant's containment silos rise above the skyline along the Hudson River in Buchanan, N.Y. A transformer exploded at the Indian Point nuclear power plant Sunday night, Nov. 7, 2010 leading to an automatic emergency shutdown of one of its reactors, authorities said. No one was injured and no radioactive materials leaked. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

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VERNON — Vermont's only nuclear power plant is back online following an unplanned shutdown caused by a leak of radioactive water.

Plant officials say the Vermont Yankee reactor was reconnected to the New England power grid at 5:18 a.m. Thursday.

The plant in Vernon, Vt., was shut down Sunday after a leak of radioactive water was spotted during routine surveillance.

Technicians found the leak was coming from a welded-over section of pipe in the feed water system, a closed loop system that carries water to the reactor.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said the leak posed no danger to the public.

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In February, the state Senate voted to kill a bill to allow regulators to issue a new state license for Vermont Yankee to operate after 2012, when the plant's current state and federal licenses expire. Lawmakers could revisit the issue in their session next year.

Whatever they do now will be a little too little, a little too late. I have no problem with nuclear energy; but only with strict oversight. The risks are too great otherwise.

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Reply#1 - Mon Nov 8, 2010 9:47 AM EST
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