VERNON, Vt. (AP) – The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has dismissed a complaint about safety at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

The anti-nuclear watchdog group New England Coalition had questioned the ability of Vermont Yankee’s cooling towers to withstand an earthquake or terrorist attack if the plant were allowed to boost its power output.

The nuclear board dismissed the complaint but invited the group to resubmit its complaint in a different form.

The nuclear board is reviewing complaints filed by the state of Vermont and the coalition about the safety ramifications of Entergy Nuclear’s plans to increase power production at the Vernon reactor.

Raymond Shadis, senior technical adviser for the coalition, said he intended to re-file the group’s concerns about the structural integrity of the 33-year-old wooden towers.

“There’s a great number of technical issues here; it’s really a question of whether they can provide adequate cooling in an emergency,” Shadis said.

The nuclear board dismissed the complaint as “moot,” and cited a new analysis conducted by Entergy of the cooling towers’ integrity.