Vermont Yankee still leaking contaminated water

The flow rate is reduced but the problem of leaking groundwater is still persistent, plant officials say.
BRATTLEBORO – Vermont Yankee administrators have hauled away nearly 700,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater as they continue to deal with leaks into the plant’s turbine building.
The problem is persistent. Joe Lynch, a senior government affairs manager for Entergy, the owners of the Vernon plant, said Thursday that the water-intrusion rate now is 600 to 800 gallons daily.
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