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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United States: Vt. nuclear plant restarting after leak is fixed
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 10th, 2010
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