Gov. Douglas (Republican) smacks Entergy (nuclear power company) for lying under oath

[garybeck]

Douglas fed up with Vermont Yankee

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100127/NEWS02/100127028/Douglas-fed-up-with-Vermont-Yankee

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He reversed his stance on the Legislature's voting on the relicensing of the Vernon nuclear plant until the source of a tritium leak can be identified.


Douglas said he has lost trust in Entergy's current Vermont Yankee management team and expects changes in leadership. The governor said ongoing discussions with Entergy brass have not produced the results he hoped.


Excerpts from Douglas' statement:

The recent revelations at Vermont Yankee have raised many questions from my Administration, the federal government, the Legislature, the press and, most importantly, Vermonters.

In all regulatory matters there must be transparency and honesty from the regulated entity. When any of these elements are called into question, the regulatory process itself is compromised. What has happened at Vermont Yankee is a breach of trust that cannot be tolerated. In order to move forward on whether or not the plant will continue to operate, questions need to be answered, changes need to be made and the trust of Vermonters must be restored.

Today, the Public Service Board required Entergy to submit prompt and complete corrections to any inaccurate information it has provided and a description of what steps it will take to rectify the situation. And the Attorney General has launched an investigation to ascertain whether there is any criminal behavior by Entergy officials.

And like many Vermonters, I have lost trust in the current management team and I have been disappointed that changes have not already been made.

more:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100127/NEWS02/100127028/Douglas-fed-up-with-Vermont-Yankee

For those of you not familiar, Entergy was recently caught lying under oath about the existence of undground pipes that carry radioative material, and it was only when testing revealed that these pipes were leaking that they admitted the pipes exist.

[NNadir]

1. Is he from the same Republican party that announced that Bill Clinton's

"lying under oath" was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century?

Vermont is the only state in the American Northeast that doesn't effectively dump dangerous fossil fuel waste into the atmosphere.

Because the anti-nuke community is scientifically illiterate - and doesn't give a fuck about dangerous fossil fuel companies openly dumping dangerous fossil fuel waste which actually kills people - they are trying to make Vermont into a dangerous fossil fuel waste dumping state.

This will, in fact, kill people, but the anti-nuke blather squad couldn't care less.

[garybeck]

2. Stop kidding yourself. Nuclear kills people.

Anyone who studies the affects of uranium mining objectively, know this to be a fact: nuclear energy kills people, today.

You want to compare what Clinton did to what Entergy did, go ahead. Seems kinda silly, and diverting the issue to me. Not to mention a waste of time.

The fact is that our Republican Governor who as been defending Entergy and making excuses for them for years has finally realized they're willing to lie to his State government, and it pissed him off. Good for him.

In regards to your fearmongering that shutting down Vermont Yankee will result in lots of CO2 being added to our atmosphere, this is baloney. When Vermont Yankee is shut down, Vermont's carbon footprint will not significantly change. Our legislators and power companies will not allow it to happen, and they have a plan to make sure it doesn't. There's zero chance we're going to build a coal plant in our state when VY goes down. There will be some increased biomass, hydro, and wind which are carbon neutral according to the IPCC.

But please don't talk to me about who is killing people, because you should know very well how nasty uranium mining is. Unless you're hiding your head in the sand.

Nobody's buying your sardines, my friend. They just stink too much.

[madokie]

3. Or in other nether regions

like square up his wazoo. I've come to the conclusion that mr know it all is a FRAUD and a bad one at that.

Nuclear energy can't stand on its own never could and never will be able to. It kills just as sure as drinking alcohol day in and day out does. In most cases its a slow agonizing death too.
Fuck the lying ass nuclear power industry. I seen through their bullshit years ago

[phantom power]

4. They lied... poorly.

[kristopher]

5. K&R