Entergy Will Be Allowed to Shrink EPZ

On March 2, 2015, the NRC Commissioners voted to allow VY to shrink it’s Emergency Panning Zone (EPZ) from 10 miles down to the site boundary in ~Arpil 2016. This will eliminate >2 milllion emergency planning dollars per year that Entergy currently provides to Vermont and will allow Entegy to futher reduce site staff at that time.

Link to document

I haven’t seen an offical Vermont response yet.

Comments | 2

  • My bad

    The link I provided goes to the NRC document, not a news story.

    I don’t know why our crack team of local reporters can’t seem to provide that information in their stories.

  • Includes:

    Phasing out of historic calendars, radios, and iodine pills.

    Some local group(s) might want to corner the historic calendar market, given that the main competitor is ceding the territory.

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