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 In a Friday filing, the department that's supposed to represent Vermonters' interests against the purely commercial concerns of Entergy Nuclear told state regulators that a full cleanup of the Vernon reactor site is unnecessary.
"The Department recommends that site restoration include removal of all above ground structures and all below ground structures to a depth of at least three feet below grade, followed by regrading and reseeding where necessary or appropriate."
Don't worry, say our state protectors:
"the vast majority of contaminated materials will need to be removed"
Entergy needn't bother with the rest. That's headed down the river to Mass. and Ct.
No point in looking for what's been swept under the rug. There's not enough money in the cleanup fund to deal with it anyway.
The full filing isn't on line yet, but a pdf is making the rounds.
One of the consequences of Douglas budgeting seems to be failure to keep Public Service Board and Dept of Public Service websites updated.
Case in point- Docket 7530, in which Entergy asks to extend its boundary fence, because the increased radiation from the 2005 power boost puts them over the state limit.
A Public Hearing was held July 13, but the PSB website still doesn't make the filing documents available to the press and public.
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Also, the grounds cleanup has to meet the code of federal regulations, which you can read any time you choose to. The law states that everything must go, and the grounds cleaned up period.