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DPS asks feds to put hold on Yankee review

by: JulieWaters

Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 07:10:45 AM EST


Per The Rutland Herald:

The Vermont Department of Public Service has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to put a hold on the relicensure review of Vermont Yankee.

The Douglas administration has joined anti-nuclear groups from Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey in an effort to stop the NRC's relicensing of four nuclear reactors until the commission overhauls its review program. Nuclear companies in those four states have renewal applications pending before the NRC.

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Didn't Douglas do a flip and flop on this? But good,maybe a review will result in a shut down rather than an increase in power.

I think Douglas was fine with VY (0.00 / 0)
Before all those photos of the bursting pipes.  I suspect that once those splashed all over the place, he saw PR nightmares and changed his tune.

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He saw his reelect #s at 42% (0.00 / 0)
and crassly decided to co-opt an issue. He is smart enough to realize that he has nothing to gain from sticking to his pro-nuke guns.  

The Governor needs to pretend that this matters to him while also putting some gloss on the phony "moderate" pragmatist image. The political reality is Yankee/Entergy's shell game with their waste, licensing and facility maintenance will certainly benefit any opponent representing the Democratic/Progressive voting bloc. Douglas needs to mitigate that damage and this stunt is a step in that direction.

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