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...profound misunderstanding of nuclear plant operations, security, and emergency planning. Zamore not only cited “The Simpsons” but also the Nagasaki bomb and Chernobyl in her effort to discredit Vermont Yankee. The fact is that Vermont Yankee has always operated safely; Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspections have rated it at the highest (best) regulatory classification. This is attributable to everyone in the organization having a clear safety focus, making conservative decisions, and doing timely maintenance and upgrades.The op-ed reflected no understanding of our recent search for two small fuel rod segments in the plant?...
Aside from its idiosyncratic risks, Vermont Yankee also shares the risks posed by nuclear power plants in general. Built in the early ’70s, the plant seems ripe for a meltdown, yet like so many other plants nationwide, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has allowed it to increase its output by 20 percent. The plant should have expired years ago, but instead it was purchased and upgraded by Entergy, a company based out of conveniently distant Louisiana...
...convince nearby residents that they are not endangered by the ticking bomb, state and local emergency management agencies (overseen by the NRC) have created a contingency plan for dealing with a disaster. People living within the evacuation zone have received a potassium iodide pill that looks remarkably like Tylenol, which they must take if Vermont Yankee melts down (or blows up). The pill plan, reminiscent of the duck-and-cover Cold War contingencies, does not inspire much confidence...
...drivers are willing to risk their lives to come at all.) Furthermore, the NRC’s own investigation of Vermont Yankee found that the alert system was inadequate in areas outside of normal siren coverage. Hurricane Katrina showcased the deadliness of a botched evacuation, yet the NRC does not appear to have learned from the mistakes in New Orleans...
...were so embarrassingly bad that the tests were discontinued. Safety first.) Vermont Yankee is not alone in failing the mock attacks, but it does have the honor of having “the largest number of weaknesses of any reactor that has been tested,” according to NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan...