Report: Leaks may affect VY's reliability - Brattleboro Reformer - 0 views
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Energy Net on 03 May 10"Vermont Yankee personnel responded to a leak of tritiated water in a timely, appropriate and effective manner, according to Nuclear Safety Associates in a supplement to the Comprehensive Reliability Assessment submitted to the state last year. Nevertheless, it wrote, the plant is potentially susceptible to similar leaks, which could prove to be a challenge to the plant's continued reliability. Nuclear Safety Associates was hired by the state to review Yankee's reliability, a report that was meant to inform the Legislature, the Public Service Board and the Department of Public Service in making the decision whether the nuclear power plant in Vernon should be allowed to continue to operate past its license expiration date of 2012. "