‘Ol reliable herself, Vermont Yankee is showing her vulnerabilities again.

We have just learned that the

NRC says VY is on closed cycle thru cooling towers due to low river levels and high water temps in river.

Remember that nasty old condenser?      

Now that the NRC has, for all intents and purposes, turned its scrutiny away from VY until 2032, we have yet another reminder that unanticipated environmental challenges to nuclear cooling systems can occur, even in a “land-locked” state like Vermont.