BRATTLEBORO - On Monday, the state of New York filed in federal court in Washington , D.C., to be recognized as a friend of the court in Vermont's suit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Vermont, and the New England Coalition, is asking the court to force the NRC to reconsider the 20-year license renewal it issued for Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon last March.

Vermont is contending that the NRC erred by accepting the application because it did not include a water quality certificate.

New York is agreeing with Vermont and NEC that the NRC license renewal is invalid because the application must contain the certificate to be approved.

Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson also filed requests to be considered friends of the court.

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