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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 01:22 PM
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State rips Vermont Yankee
Source: Burlington Free Press

MONTPELIER -- The Douglas administration blasted Vermont Yankee on Thursday, saying the company repeatedly denied last year that the Vernont nuclear power plant had underground pipes that contain radioactive fluid.

This week -- in revelations that prompted a call Thursday for a federal investigation -- it became clear the plant had such pipes after a leak of radioactive tritium was traced to them.

"For us, this is a real problem," said Public Service Commissioner David O'Brien. "The governor feels this has been a breach of trust."

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O'Brien said he didn't see how the misinformation could be described as miscommunication. "What they clearly communicated to us is not true," he said. "There was not a miscommunication here."

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Read more: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100115/NEWS03/1150305



You can't trust the nuclear industry.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 01:31 PM
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1. "I misspoke" = I lied, then got caught in the lie.
How do you misspeak. Slur your words? Mispronounce something? Uncontrollably speak Spanish when you meant to speak English?

I think the Nixon Adminstration must have invented that idiocy.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:59 PM
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2. They also invented the phrase
"That statement is no longer operative," which they used when they got caught in a lie.
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