NUCLEAR FREE WALK FROM INDIAN POINT ARRIVES IN BRATTLEBORO THEN VERNON. SUN APRIL 24 - JOIN THE WALK IN WEST BRATTEBORO details

CHERNOBYL MEMORIAL VIGIL - 25 YEARS OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER  9:00 am – 1:00 pm WELLS FOUNTAIN  DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO details 

Prefiled Testimony of Ray Shadis regarding Entergy VY Root Cause Report 09-08-2010  Click here

    
    NRC Investigation of Entergy VY Leaks to Continue Remainder 2010

 "With regard to Entergy's 'game's over' claims," said Raymond Shadis, New England Coalition Nuclear Issues Consultant, "they are a classic Entergy attempt at a fast-one.  It's not over until it's over.  Clearly NRC intends to be looking over ENVY's shoulder and the Coalition intends to be looking over the shoulder of NRC." Click NEC Press Release // Click NRC Letter to ENVY

NEC Moves to Reopen NRC Hearing on VY Renewal     

New England Coalition filed a motion late this past Friday to reopen the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hearing on Entergy Vermont Yankee's and for the admission of new contentions; together with the supporting affidavit of 40-year nuclear industry veteran, electrical engineer Paul Blanch.
Click for Motion to Reopen // Click for Contentions // Click for Blanch Testimony // Click for Press Release

NEC joins citizens groups in asking the NRC to amend the license extension process to begin no more than 10 years before the expiration date, in response to Seabrook applying to a license extension 30 Years before it's license expires. The NEC petition would put off any consideration of an application for license renewal until a nuclear power station is within 10 years at a minimum (not 20) of the scheduled end of it's original license.   Click here for the Petition

NEC Staff testified to the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

New England Coalition Staff Clay Turnbull and Technical Advisoay Shadis testified to the Commission's subcommittee on nuclear waste and transportation on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at the
Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset, Maine.  For a report on the day's events, click here

NEC PETITION TO NRC FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION: REQUIRE ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE INTO COLD SHUTDOWN UNTIL LEAK(S) STOPPED, PIPES ARE LOCATED, AND NUMEROUS APPARENT VIOLATIONS OF NRC REGULATION.    FULL FILING

NRC RELEASES INSPECTION REPORT ON VERMONT YANKEE GROUND WATER MONITORING
21MAY2010 CLICK FOR PDF

 NRC DECIDES TO TAKE UP CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT PETITION ON ENTERGY VERMONT YANKEE LEAKS (4/29/2010)
On April 26, 2010, New England Coalition received notice from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission' s
10 CFR 2.206 Petition Review Board as follows......   CLICK HERE FOR PRESS RELEASE HTML PDF

THE TIME IS NOW  -----   Vermont Senate Votes To End Vermont Yankee            

The Vermont Senate vote 26-4 to retire Vermont Yankee on schedule is Vermont's first significant step off of the poison power path; a true gift to future generations of people in the tri-state region. For New England Coalition, it means a shift of gears. NEC is prepared to help defend the Senate's vote against any legal or political challenges that may come.

"It was gratifying to hear Senators discussing the draft of NEC's case study of the economic consequences of closing Maine Yankee in the deliberations. As a neighbor of a former reactor site, I say to neighbors of VY, welcome to the prospect of living without worry about a nuclear accident emergency plan" said Raymond Shadis, NEC Technical Consultant.

Shortly after the announcement that VT Yankee nuclear plant had been contaminating the groundwater with leaking radioactive tritium, NEC filed a petition with the NRC against Entergy Nuclear, asking that the reactor be shut down immediately until the source of the leak was identified and repaired. This request was denied. On March 3, 2010 NEC's technical consultant spoke before the NRC Petition Review Board to explain in more detail the Coalition's request. Paul Blanch, a consultant to NEC who has 45 years experience as a nuclear engineer also spoke. He stated that "The claim that we need to continue operating to identify the leak has no engineering basis whatsoever ..."  As VT Yankee continues to operate contamination of the ground and Connecticut River goes on unabated.

   Please support NEC's vital ongoing legal effort's by making a contribution now.

  "..... keep in mind... right now Vermont Yankee is not covering its costs of capital. Over the next two years it is projected to lose money .....   But the option of.... shutting it down is very distasteful. ... to shut that plant down... from a financial standpoint, without some changes for Entergy it wouldn't.... make much difference in the bottom line." Wayne Leonard, Entergy Chair. of the Bd. & CEO 2/2/2010