Vt. Yankee reports on collapse in tower

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Workers repaired a damaged cooling tower yesterday at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Entergy officials said degradation of wood beams caused the collapse. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)


Vt. Yankee reports on collapse in tower
By Dave Gram, Associated Press | September 14, 2007

VERNON, Vt. - Officials at the Vermont Yankee nuclear station yesterday sought to reassure state officials as they prepared to bring the plant back to full power following the collapse of part of a cooling tower last month.

"This is a serious situation, and we at Entergy Vermont Yankee are taking it very seriously," said Ted Sullivan, the site vice president and the top official in the state for Entergy Nuclear.

"It's unacceptable to us, and it's not like us."

Sullivan spoke as officials at the reactor in Vermont's southeast corner said they would have the plant back to full power by the weekend.

The wood beams, metal piping, and plastic parts of a massive cooling tower cell crashed down Aug. 21, leaving a pipe nearly 6 feet in diameter spewing thousands of gallons of water.


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