Vermont Yankee
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Vermont Yankee
Timeline Info (Reminder: this is a wiki - sign up and add what you know).
1971
Feb - New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution founded by concerned groups of citizens and scientists from Vermont and western Massachusetts.
1972
Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor begins operating in Vernon along the Connecticut River, downwind and downstream from Brattleboro. One of the smallest boiling water reactors in the country at 510 megawatts.
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
etc
1996
Ross Barkhurst joins to Vermont Yankee as new president and CEO.
2000
Vermont Dept. of Health gamma radiation monitors show VY in violation for annual radiation limit measured at the site boundary (20 millirem/year).
Radiation monitors at Vernon Elementary School record annual dose at state limit for adult male at site boundary.
2001
First sale attempt to Amer-Gen ends unsuccessfully.
Entergy offers $180 million.
2002
July 31 - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation sells the 540 megawatt Vermont Yankee Nuclear power plant to a subsidiary of Entergy Corp.
About 480 full-time employees according to Ross Barkhurst.
2003
2004
Vermont Dept. of Health records gamma radiation at the site boundary 25% greater than state limits for 2004. Radiation measurements at Vernon Elementary School for 2004 nearly reach the the state action level for the site boundary.
April - cracks were found in the plant's steam dryer.
April 21 - two highly radioactive spent fuel rods were lost.
June 18th - fire breaks out at 6:50 am, contained to non-nuclear areas. Shuts plant for 19 days.
July 6 - Reactor resumes operation after fire.
July 8 - Vermont Yankee fire team responds to black smoke from furnace. No damages or injuries reported.
2005
July - Electrical insulator breaks, shutting down plant.
2006
January - Entergy files for 20 year extension of original 40 year license.
March - Plant obtains permission from Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 20% uprate to 640 megawatts.
August 12 - VY starts website promotion [safecleanreliable.com]
2007
Cooling tower collapses.
Turbine problem causes shutdown due to greasing error.
[[1]] article by Eesha Williams published in The Commons
2008
2009
January 6 - Brattleboro Selectboard decides to use town's Intervenor Status to monitor VY Relicensing process, but submits no conditions or concerns.
January 7 - VY won't power down to fix leaking valve gasket on a four-inch pipe in the reactor building, says Reuters.
January 8 - VY Powers down to 40% to fix "mildly radioactive" leak in feed water system, says Reuters.
April 2 - VY announces radioactive leak in a filter that removes radioactivity from other water leaks, the third in three months.
External Links
Volunteer-run and non-profit sites
Safe Power Vermont [2]
- CAN is a grassroots environmental organization [3]
Corporate Sites
Government Sites
Other Resources
