http://popularlogistics.com/2010/02/entergy-official-relieved-of-duties-for-false-statement-abou-t-vermont-yankee-nuclear-plant/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:29:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://popularlogistics.com/2010/02/entergy-official-relieved-of-duties-for-false-statement-abou-t-vermont-yankee-nuclear-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-3881 Vermont Senate Voted to Shutdown Vermont Yankee Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:33:58 +0000 http://popularlogistics.com/?p=19481#comment-3881 [...] There have been leaks of radioactive material and there appears to have been perjury in testimony by plant officials regarding those leaks. A Vermont Yankee / Entergy Executive who testified under oath to two state panels that there were no buried pipes at Vermont Yankee that could leak tritium.  This testimony is now known to be false. Entergy claims that no tritium has turned up in drinking water, but that claim must be verified. The executive has been relieved of his responsibilities. (Click here and here.) [...] [...] There have been leaks of radioactive material and there appears to have been perjury in testimony by plant officials regarding those leaks. A Vermont Yankee / Entergy Executive who testified under oath to two state panels that there were no buried pipes at Vermont Yankee that could leak tritium.  This testimony is now known to be false. Entergy claims that no tritium has turned up in drinking water, but that claim must be verified. The executive has been relieved of his responsibilities. (Click here and here.) [...]

]]> http://popularlogistics.com/2010/02/entergy-official-relieved-of-duties-for-false-statement-abou-t-vermont-yankee-nuclear-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-3734 L J Furman Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:00:01 +0000 http://popularlogistics.com/?p=19481#comment-3734 Vermont Yankee illustrates the problem with nuclear power, and coal. Safety costs money. Problems at Vermont Yankee in 2007 and 2008 suggest that the plant should be decommissioned. 2007 - cooling tower failure. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070822/NEWS02/708220358/1003/NEWS02 2008 - cooling tower collapse. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/07/special_nuclear_inspection_aft_1.html Vermont Yankee illustrates the problem with nuclear power, and coal. Safety costs money.
Problems at Vermont Yankee in 2007 and 2008 suggest that the plant should be decommissioned.
2007 – cooling tower failure. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070822/NEWS02/708220358/1003/NEWS02
2008 – cooling tower collapse. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/07/special_nuclear_inspection_aft_1.html

]]> http://popularlogistics.com/2010/02/entergy-official-relieved-of-duties-for-false-statement-abou-t-vermont-yankee-nuclear-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-3733 L J Furman Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:56:20 +0000 http://popularlogistics.com/?p=19481#comment-3733 Greenpeace has a list of events at Vermont Yankee from Jan. 2006 to Sept. 2009., http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/assets/binaries/vermont-yankee-time-line-incid Greenpeace has a list of events at Vermont Yankee from Jan. 2006 to Sept. 2009., http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/assets/binaries/vermont-yankee-time-line-incid

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