Greenfield, MA. March 23, 2010.
One option said to be available to engineers at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant for dealing with the tritium contamination is to extract the hundreds of thousands of gallons of tritium-contaminated groundwater at the site, filter out the organic matter, and then flush the tritium-tainted water back into the [...]

Greenfield, MA. March 10, 2010.
Today, Attorney Jon Groveman of the Vermont Natural Resources Council submitted briefs supporting the Connecticut River Watershed Council’s request for intervener status in the Vermont Public Service Board’s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant relicensing proceedings. In February, the Council publicly called for Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to cease operations until the [...]

Dear CRWC Member:
Tomorrow the Vermont Senate will take up an historic vote on whether to extend the operating license of Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant beyond 2012, the expiration of its original 40-year license. There’s no better time than right now to remind your Legislator about CRWC’s issues with Vermont Yankee – their [...]

February 10, 2010. Greenfield, MA. The Connecticut River Watershed Council today joined in the call for the shut down of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant while the source of a spreading plume of radioactive tritium leaching into groundwater and the Connecticut River remains undiscovered. CRWC’s announcement comes in the wake of the February [...]

Greenfield, MA. January 21, 2010. The Connecticut River Watershed Council today demanded an independent assessment of tritium leaks at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. “The situation calls for immediate intervention and public oversight,” said CRWC Executive Director Chelsea Gwyther responding to reports that radioactive tritium, at concentrations of 2 million picocuries [...]

SAXTONS RIVER, VERMONT. DECEMBER 18, 2009. According the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), the Vermont Supreme Court upheld a 2008 Environmental Court decision allowing the Entergy Vermont Yankee (ENVY) nuclear power plant to increase the temperature of the Connecticut River. CRWC, Deerfield/Millers Trout Unlimited chapter, Citizen Awareness Network, represented by the Environmental and [...]

Greenfield, MA. September 09, 2009. The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center at Vermont Law School on behalf of the Connecticut River Watershed Council is preparing for oral arguments before the Vermont Supreme Court on September 15th in Newfane, VT. This is the final step in our appeal of the temperature increase amendment [...]

Judge’s Decision Says Entergy’s Plan Was Too Sweeping,
But Allows Provisions That Will Be Basis for Appeal
SAXTONS RIVER, VT May 23, 2008  Conservation groups challenging Vermont Yankee’s plan to pump even warmer water into the Connecticut River are today reviewing Environmental Court Judge Meredith Wright’s decision that will modify Entergy Nuclear’s plan.  In a 38-page ruling, [...]