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A deal is a deal-except, apparently, when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy
supplier in New England, provoked（1.对...挑衅;煽动;激怒,激起[(+to/into)]2.诱导,导致）
justified （有正当理由的;情有可原的【eg：He is justified in giving up the job. 他有足够理由放弃这项工作。）outrage（1. 恶行,暴行[C][(+on/upon)]2. 严重的不道德行为;不法行为[C][(+against/on/upon)]3. 侮辱,凌辱;冒犯[C][(+against/on/upon)]） 【justified outrage：有正当理由的不法行为】in Vermont（美国佛蒙特州）last week when it announced it was reneging（[rɪ'nig] vi.食言;背信;违约）on a longstanding（长期的） commitment to abide by the strict
nuclear regulations.
Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the
constitutionality（符合宪法，合法性）of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate
（不顾一切的，艰难的，极度渴望的）effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant（【固定】核能发电厂; 核电站） running. It’s a stunning（1. 令人晕倒的2. 震耳欲聋的3. 令人震惊的）move.
The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only
nuclear power plant, an aging reactor（1. 起反应的人2. 反应装置3. 原子炉;核反应堆）in
Vernon. As a condition of（作为…的条件） receiving state approval（批准，认可，赞成，同意）for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators（1.调整者;管理者2. 调节器;调节阀3. 标准时钟）to operate（1. 作出,工作;运作;运转2. 营业,营运3. 起作用,影响,产生效果）past 2012. In 2006,the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of
the plant’s（1. 植物,农作物[C]2. 工厂;车间[C]3. 机器设备[U]）license be subject to（受…支配，服从，遭受）Vermont legislature’s（['ledʒisleitʃə]） approval. Then, too, the company went
along（1. 进行;继续2. 同意;合作）.
Either Entergy never really intended to live by（靠…过活）those commitments, or it simply
didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a
cooling tower（冷却塔） in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage（leak的n.）, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management–
especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergy’s
behavior, the Vermont Senate（议会）voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.
Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the
2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory(管理的，控制的，调整的)
power【regulatory power：管理权】over nuclear legal issues in the case are obscure:
whereas（1. (公文用语,常用在句首)鉴于2. 反之;却;而）the Supreme Court has ruled that states
do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars（法律学者）say that Vermont
case will offer a precedent-setting（开创先例的）test of how far those powers extend. Certainly,
there are valid concerns about the patchwork（1.补缀品;凑合物2. 拼凑成的东西）regulations that
could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be
beside the point（无关紧要的）.
The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged
that it has nothing left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences.
Permission to run a nuclear plant is a public trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United
States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging（1. 保证,誓言[C][+to-v][+that]2.
抵押,典当品[C]3. 质押,典当[U]）to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal
permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
reviews the company’s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.
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