State claims Vermont Yankee buyer would use explosives

VERNON – Will explosives be used to demolish radioactive structures at Vermont Yankee?

It depends on who you ask.

State officials have filed testimony claiming NorthStar Group Services, which wants to buy and decommission the idled nuclear plant, plans to use explosives on “at least one” contaminated building. The department is raising concerns about the spread of radioactivity.

But NorthStar’s chief executive officer says his company has no such plans. And there seem to be no public documents available to back up the state’s contention.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission also has no record of any blasting plans at Vermont Yankee. Federal regulators keep a tight rein on the use of any explosives at nuclear plants, NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said.

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