Senator cites NRC’s ‘poor judgment’ on Vermont Yankee, blocks confirmation

摘要

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has blocked the confirmation of nWilliam Ostendorff to a full term on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory nCommission after the commission recently voted 3-2 to recommend nthat the Department of Justice intervene on behalf of Entergy Corp. nagainst the state of Vermont in litigation over the 628-MW Vermont nYankee nuclear plant.