VERNON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's only nuclear power plant is back online following an unplanned shutdown caused by a leak of radioactive water.
Plant officials say the Vermont Yankee reactor was reconnected to the New England power grid at 5:18 a.m. Thursday.
The plant in Vernon, Vt., was shut down Sunday after a leak of radioactive water was spotted during routine surveillance.
Technicians found the leak was coming from a welded-over section of pipe in the feed water system, a closed loop system that carries water to the reactor.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said the leak posed no danger to the public.