Vermont citizens request a berm around fuel storage facility

Washington (Platts)--10May2006

Entergy should be required to construct a berm around Vermont Yankee's
proposed dry spent fuel storage facility, two groups argued today in a
regulatory filing. The New England Coalition and Citizens Action Network asked
Vermont regulators to reconsider their April 26 order approving Entergy's
plans for the spent fuel facility.

In a petition to the Vermont Public Service Board, the groups asserted that a
berm or some other type of structural wall "of earth, sand or other similar
material" would add protection in case of a terrorist missile attack or
aircraft crash. The groups said there is "at least 200 feet between the edge
of the proposed concrete pad and the top of the river bank." They argued that
Entergy failed to demonstrate why it was not possible to build a berm.

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