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Vermont Yankee can send tainted water to Idaho
VERNON — After a long deliberation, federal regulators have approved a proposal to ship 200,000 gallons of contaminated water from Vermont Yankee to a disposal site in Idaho.
The water is from plant operations and contains "low concentrations" of radioactivity, officials said.
But the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission had taken time to mull over several questions, including the extent to which truck drivers would be exposed to radioactivity as they hauled the water cross-country.
"In the end, we were provided with satisfactory answers," NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said.
Read more: http://www.reformer.com/stories/vermont-yankee-can-send-tainted-water-to-idaho,512088