Entergy wants to shrink Vermont Yankee security zone

A map from Entergy illustrates its request to scale back the security zone at Vermont Yankee from the current green to the area bounded in red.VERNON — Entergy has requested permission to shrink Vermont Yankee’s high-security “protected area” by nearly 90 percent, a move the company says will save at least $1.2 million a month.
The plan — which is under review by state and federal regulators — is to downsize the former nuclear plant’s most secure zone fr