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River group: Pull Vt. Yankee hot-water permit

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A group devoted to protecting the Connecticut River says the state of Vermont shouldn't cut the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant any slack about dumping warm water into the Connecticut River.

The Connecticut River Watershed Council on Friday released two studies by its consultants and said earlier studies for Vermont Yankee owner Entergy Corp. were not based on sound science.

Up for debate is whether Vermont Yankee can continue cooling plant systems with river water taken from the Connecticut and then put it back into the river. The river council and other groups want the plant just to use its cooling towers, which turn the water to vapor and dissipate it to the atmosphere.

A new state permit for the river discharge is pending.

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