Vermont Yankee: Three parties granted motion to intervene - The Manchester Journal

Vermont Yankee: Three parties granted motion to intervene

By Robert Audette

BRATTLEBORO >> The Vermont Public Service Board granted motions by the town of Vernon, the Windham Regional Commission and the New England Coalition to intervene in hearings concerning Entergy's request to construct a new spent fuel storage area at its shuttered nuclear power plant in Vernon.

Both Vernon and Windham Regional Commission were granted intervenor status because they had demonstrated "a substantial interest in the proceeding as it relates to the orderly development of the region."

Entergy Vermont Yankee did not object to either Vernon or the WRC receiving intervenor status, however, it did object to granting that status to the New England Coalition.

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