Vermont Yankee can put off finishing cybersecurity upgrades

A simulation control room of the Vermont Yankee power plant at the company’s training center in Brattleboro. The plant has been shut down since 2014. File photo by John Herrick/VTDiggerVermont Yankee administrators are getting a 19-month extension to finish security upgrades designed to prevent cyberattacks.
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided that plant owner Entergy does not have to meet a cybersecurity deadline that had been set for this month. The new completion date