Vermont Loses Bid to Block Entergy Nuclear Plant License
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The state of Vermont lost its challenge to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s renewal of a license for a nuclear power plant owned by Entergy Corp.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington today dismissed a lawsuit filed against the commission by the Vermont Department of Public Service and the New England Coalition, a nuclear-safety watchdog group, after finding that they failed to raise objections to an environmental study directly to the NRC.