[VTenigma]

Thanks for the reply. As I stated the long term leaky pipes were in a tunnel. They were not inspected for a long interval. I live within 20 miles of the plant. I’m going on recollections 1o years old, but that said there were substantial releases of Cesium and Strontium into the soil and Connecticut river as I stated. These releases were the final straw for the moonbat lobby to de-certify the plant. The plant had already been granted a license extension by the NRC when the VT public service board stepped in.The whole matter turned chaotic and Entergy said FU.

As to the renewable vaporware, I counted 2 whole days in January of viable solar activity. I don’t track Skittle power or unicorn farts so I can’t give you their contribution. What I do know is our electricity comes from Hydro Quebec at a premium, 42 cents per kwh winter rates and because HQ is hydro power the moonbats call that renewable for their 75% renewable standard.

[chimera]

Well, I certainly did not mean to minimize concerns about the 137Cs and 90Sr. Those are isotopic forms that are mobile in the environment and have more serious biological effects than tritium, which is a low-energy beta emitter, has a very short biological half-life, and is fairly innocuous as a health concern. The underground tunnel leakage was appropriately managed once discovered but it should not have happened in the first place. I seem to recall he issue with AOG component leakage was the subject of a generic NRL informational notice some time ago, which Entergy should have received. But if they did maybe they had, at least internally, decided at that point that they were throwing in the towel on VY and didn't give it high priority. That happened with one plant on a generic issue I was involved in flagging the NRC about, which involved isokinetic sampling of air ejection from aux building ducts which the company I worked for at the time had designed equipment to perform.

Man, 42 cents per kwhr? Sounds like HQ is really gouging the h*ll out of a captive customer base. And while VT is a very beautiful state, I can't think of a much worse venue for PV solar (I won't even mention the thermal solar boondoggle). And tearing up miles of ridge lines and old-growth forests (for access roads) for windmills that will have maybe 35% capacity factor at best is not exactly a prescription for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. States with RPS statutes on the books are starting to learn the hard way how misguided that is.