Vermont Yankee given OK for scaled-back emergency plan

Crews prepare to lower a loaded spent fuel cask into concrete at Vermont Yankee. File photo courtesy of Entergy
Federal regulators have approved a downsized emergency response plan for Vermont Yankee.
The new plan, which allows for changes in emergency personnel and procedures, is designed to take effect when all of the idled nuclear plant’s radioactive spent fuel is confined inside sealed casks.
That fuel-storage project is scheduled for completion by the end of this year. At that point,