Despite Protests, NRC Renews License for Vermont Nuclear Plant
Mar 22, 2011 – 12:48 PM
Despite opposition by key state officials and worldwide fears over safety risks in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a new 20-year operating license for the Vermont Yankee atomic power plant.
"It is outrageous that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rubber stamped this old and leaking nuclear reactor for another 20 years of operation even as reactors of the same design have failed and are emitting dangerous levels of radiation in Japan," Greenpeace nuclear policy analyst Jim Riccio said, according to the Brattleboro Reformer.
"It is outrageous that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rubber stamped this old and leaking nuclear reactor for another 20 years of operation even as reactors of the same design have failed and are emitting dangerous levels of radiation in Japan," Greenpeace nuclear policy analyst Jim Riccio said, according to the Brattleboro Reformer.
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