Better late than never: New Hampshire governor speaks out about Vermont Yankee tritium leaks

Republican Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire, who had previously refused to involve the State of New Hampshire as a full participant in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 20 year license extension proceeding concerning the Vermont Yankee atomic reactor, has finally spoken out, more than a month after hazardous radioactive tritium leaks into groundwater were revealed that are flowing toward and into the Connecticut River ("a New Hampshire waterway," the Connecticut River actually belongs to New Hampshire, under applicable laws) that forms the border between the Granite State and the Green Mountain State. In a letter to NRC, Lynch stated "These revelations lead me to question the credibility of Entergy and its ability to safely manage the plant."