Entries from May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
May 4, 2020A nuclear waste site where the biggest fear isn’t radiation, but coronavirus
Workers at ‘most toxic place in America’ are terrified to return to a site where there has been very little protection from the outbreak
Beyond Nuclear coalition ally Tom Carpenter of Hanford Challenge is quoted. Beyond Nuclear and Hanford Challenge are two of the three-dozen member groups in the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA).
May 4, 2020 Meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel; 2019 Annual Performance of the NorthStar Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Project to be Discussed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2020
Contact: Tony Leshinskie, State Nuclear Engineer
(802) 272-1714
Anthony.leshinskie@vermont.gov
MEDIA RELEASE
Vermont Public Service Department Announces May 4, 2020 Meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel; 2019 Annual Performance of the NorthStar Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Project to be Discussed.
Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will hold its third meeting of this year on Monday evening, May 4, 2020 from 6 PM to 9 PM. In accordance with changes to Vermont Open Meeting Law in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting will be conducted as a Skype webcast and teleconference. Members of the public may join this meeting using the following weblink:
https://meet.lync.com/vermontgov-vermont/anthony.leshinskie/2W0G05Y8
or by dialing-in to the following teleconference line:
Phone number: (802) 552-8456 -or- (802) 738-0888
Conference Room Number: 935 865 382 (followed by the “#” sign)
Vermont State Agencies will present their assessments of NorthStar’s March 31, 2020 required annual status report on the Vermont Yankee (VY) Decommissioning Project. Panelists and members of the public will have opportunity to ask questions on these assessments (as well as all other meeting agenda items). The Panel will also receive an update from NorthStar on recent VY decommissioning activities. Meeting minutes for the January and February 2020 public meetings will be reviewed and approved. The complete agenda for the Monday, May 4, 2020 meeting may be viewed at:
https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/final-agenda-5-4-2020.
Panel votes on these agenda items may occur.
Presentation materials for this meeting will be added to the VT NDCAP website at http://publicservice.vermont.gov/electric/ndcap as they become available. All presentations will be available for electronic viewing prior to the start of the meeting. Questions or comments on the meeting presentations may be sent to the Panel before, during or after the May 4 meeting by emailing PSD.NDCAP@vermont.gov. All emails sent to VT NDCAP become public record.
All VT NDCAP meetings (and its committee meetings) are open to the public. The May 4 meeting will be recorded for subsequent public review. Questions regarding access to this meeting may directed to Tony Leshinskie, Vermont State Nuclear Engineer at anthony.leshinskie@vermont.gov or by calling (802) 272-1714.
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Vermont Department of Public Service
112 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2601
In Perspective: A Tornado in the Midst of a Pandemic
A column in Nuclear Intelligence Weekly by David Lochbaum, retired nuclear engineer from Union of Concerned Scientists, which concludes:
The Covid-19 precautions include handwashing. But they do not justify Fema and the NRC washing their hands of their legal and moral responsibilities to protect the American public from nuclear plant emergencies.
