Vermont Yankee gets uprate, nuclear waste storage go-ahead

By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian

Posted April 26, 2006

BRATTLEBORO — State and federal regulators in separate action today gave Entergy permission to take Vermont Yankee to the full 20 percent power increase and store radioactive waste on-site in Vernon.

Meanwhile, House lawmakers in Montpelier toughened a bill that would require the plant to get legislative approval to extend its operating license beyond 2012.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced this morning that Vermont Yankee (VY) had been cleared to move to its full 20 percent uprate capacity by 7:11 p.m., despite continued acoustic vibrations on a main steam line that have twice stalled the uprate since it was approved on March 2.

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