January 18, 2016

Vermont Yankee Update Set For Jan. 28

By ExchangeMonitor

Vermont’s Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel has scheduled a meeting for 6 p.m. Jan. 28 in Brattleboro, where Entergy representatives and state officials will brief attendees on decommissioning activities at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

Entergy Government Affairs Manager Joe Lynch and Vermont Nuclear Engineer and Decommissioning Coordinator Tony Leshinskie are scheduled to give updates about the plant that closed in December 2014.

The meeting also will include a panel discussion and action on a third draft for an advisory opinion on the certificate of public good for a second dry-cask storage pad at the plant, as well as a presentation on groundwater monitoring. The groundwater monitoring presentation is scheduled to include comments from state geologist Marjorie Gale; state Rep. David Deen; George Desch, with the Department of Environmental Conservation; and Bill Irwin, with the Department of Health. A discussion on the groundwater monitoring advisory opinion is scheduled for the panel’s Feb. 25 meeting.

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