AM 22NEWS.
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 2 YEARS
SINCE THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
SHUT DOWN IN
VERNON, VT.
22NEWS REPORTER MIKE
MASCIADRELLI JOINS US FROM OUR
FRANKLIN COUNTY
BUREAU TO TELL US WHAT THE
COMPANY THAT OWNS THE PLANT PLAS
TO DO WITH IT.
ENTERGY AGREED TO SELL THE
VERMONT YANKEE POWER PLANT TO
NEW YORK BASED-
NORTHSTAR GROUP SERVICES TO HELP
ACCELERATE ITS DECOMISSIONING
PROCESS... BUT THE DEAL IS STILL
AWAITING APPROVAL.
ENTERGY CORPORATION SHUT DOWN
THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT IN DECEMBER OF
2014.
AND 2 YEARS LATER...THEY'RE
STILL WAITING FOR THE
DECOMMISSIONING
AND SITE RESTORATION TO GET
UNDER WAY.
THE PLANT GENERATED 70 PERCENT
OF ALL
ELECTRICITY IN VERMONT FOR MORE
THAN 42 YEARS...IT ALSO PROVIDED
HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO
PEOPLE IN THREE
STATES...INCLUDING
MASSACHUSETTS.
HATE TO SEE IT GO, IT WAS A GOOD
SOURCE OF POWER
AND THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE
THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'S OWNER,
ENTERGY SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE IT
BECAME UNPROFITABLE.
ENTERGY AGREED TO SELL IT TO NEW
YORK- BASED NORTHSTAR GROUP
SERVICES TO
COMPLETE THE DECOMISSIONING OF
THE PLANT.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE
THE
DECOMISSION FAR SOONER THAN
ENTERGY WOULD BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE IT. THEY HAVE A BETTER
COST
STRUCTURE, MORE EXPERTISE, THEY
GOT ACCESS TO FIX PRICE
CONTRACTS AMONG
VARIOUS SUPPLIERS
TWOMEY TOLD 22NEWS THE SALE HAS
TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE OF
VERMONT'S
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD AND THE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
BEFORE
THEY CLOSE THE DEAL.
THE DECOMISSIONING WOULD INCLUDE
THE REMOVAL OF THE PLANT'S
REACTOR,,, AS
WELL AS RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
FROM THE SITE..
TWOMEY SAID WITH
NORTHSTAR....THE RESTORATION OF
THE SITE COULD BE
COMPLETED BY 2030....
LIVE FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
BUREAU, IN GREENFIELD, MIKE
