NRC Accepting Public Comments on Decommissioning Plan for Vermont Yankee, meeting Feb 19

NRC Accepting Public Comments on Decommissioning Plan

for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is accepting public comments on a report submitted by

Entergy outlining its decommissioning plans for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The Post-

Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report, or PSDAR, which includes a Site-Specific

Decommissioning Cost Estimate, was filed with the NRC on Dec. 19.

Vermont Yankee, located in Vernon, Vt., was permanently shut down on Dec. 29.

Comments on the PSDAR should be submitted to the NRC by March 23, 2015. Comments

received subsequent to that date will be considered if practical to do so. Written comments can be

submitted to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or via www.regulations.gov using Docket No.

50-271.

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NRC accepting public comments on decommissioning plan for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

The NRC will also discuss the PSDAR and accept comments regarding it at a public meeting

planned for Feb. 19 from 6-9 p.m. at the Quality Inn, 1380 Putney Road, in Brattleboro, Vt.

A copy of the report can be found on the NRC website. www.nrc.gov

More information about the NRC’s decommissioning activities is available on the agency’s

website.