United States: Vt. nuclear plant restarting after leak is fixed

Associated Press: Vermont's only nuclear power plant is back online following an unplanned shutdown caused by a leak of radioactive water. Plant officials say the Vermont Yankee reactor was reconnected to the New England power grid at 5:18 a.m. Thursday. The plant in Vernon, Vt., was shut down Sunday after a leak of radioactive water was spotted during routine surveillance. Technicians found the leak was coming from a welded-over section of pipe in the feed water system, a closed loop system that carries......

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