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Vermont To Argue Against Nuclear License Renewal

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A top Vermont utility regulator is heading to Washington to argue in a court hearing that the license renewal given last year...

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Obama's Atomic Solyndra?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Vermont Yankee, Green Power, Nuclear Renaissance, Solyndra, Vogtle, Loan Guarantees, Obama, Nuclear Power, Sierra Club, President Obama, President Bush, Green News

Let's relieve the president of this radioactive burden. Let's kill these reactors before they kill us, and take the most significant leap of all toward a green-powered Earth.

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130 Arrested At Vermont Yankee Protest

AP | WILSON RING | Posted 05.22.2012

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont ...

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Hundreds Expected At Nuclear Protest

AP | WILSON RING | Posted 05.22.2012

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont...

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Nuclear Power's Green Mountain Grassroots Demise

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.20.2012

If the citizens of Vermont can shut Yankee, a dam will be breached and the post-Fukushima power of a rising grassroots tsunami will be made tangible. Solartopia will be that much closer.

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Nuclear Power Company Fights To Store Radioactive Waste

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 04.29.2012

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Entergy Corp., which owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, said Monday night it would appeal a federal judge's order allowin...

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Watchdog Group: Start Over On Vermont Nuclear Plant Permit

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 04.04.2012

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A group critical of the Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant told state utility regulators Thursday they need t...

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States Should Maintain Role in Nuclear Oversight

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Government, Vermont, Energy, Vermont Yankee, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Governor, Nuclear Safety, Politics News

Governors have the responsibility to protect the safety of their citizens. If the plant accidentally releases radiation, the governor takes immediate action, ordering an evacuation, issuing iodine pills. But the governor had no power to prevent an accident in the first place.

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Fire At Nuclear Plant Office Called Suspicious

AP | BRIAN WITTE | Posted 11.20.2011

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Someone set an early morning fire at the corporate offices of a nuclear power plant that is fighting to stay open, police sai...

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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Trial Wraps Up

AP | By DAVE GRAM | Posted 11.15.2011

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- An Entergy Corp. lawyer argued Wednesday in the court battle over Vermont's refusal to extend the life of a nuclear power plant th...

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'Can A Small State Tell A $11.2 Billion Corp. To Pack Up Its Nuclear Plant And Go Home?'

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 11.11.2011

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A federal judge is about to be asked to take a first crack at this question: In early 21st-century America, can a small state...

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Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages and We've Almost Lost Nebraska

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Los Alamos, Nuclear Loan Guarantees, Vermont Yankee, Solar, Solartopia, Wind, Fukushima, NukeFree.Org, Bio-Fuels, Cooper, Tidal, Ft. Calhoun, Geothermal, Ocean Thermal, Missouri River Flooding, Nuclear Power, Green-Powered Earth, Green News

The stream of reactor disasters spewing from this dying industry is certain to escalate. The toll rises with each leak at Fukushima, every flame at Los Alamos, each legal brief at Vermont Yankee, every foot of Nebraska floodwater.

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Risk Of Radiation Release From Spent Fuel Is Greater In The U.S. Than Japan

Posted 07.25.2011

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• The risk of a catastrophic release of radiation from an accident at a spent nuclear fuel pool is much higher in the United States than at Japan's ...

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U.S. Nuke Plant Sues State To Stay Open

AP | By JOHN CURRAN | Posted 06.18.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The owners of Vermont's only nuclear power plant filed suit Monday to stop the state from closing the plant, which recently won a 2...

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Fukushima 2.0

Marvin Resnikoff | Posted 06.01.2011

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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric is moving the disaster into uncharted waters. The heat producing fuel rods cannot be turned off.

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In The Public Interest: An Unacceptable Risk, Two Decades of "Close Calls," Leaks and Other Problems at U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Johanna Neumann | Posted 05.29.2011

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The nuclear crisis in Japan is a terrifying reminder of all that can go wrong at a nuclear power plant. The United States must move away from this inherently dangerous technology and towards safer energy sources.

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U.S. Issues 20-Year Renewal For Nuke Plant With Same Reactor As Japan's Troubled Plant

AP | By DAVE GRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Federal regulators on Monday gave the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant a 20-year license renewal, despite calls for reconsideration fol...

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The Death Of A Nuclear Giant

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont's piece of the nuclear age, launched four decades ago, seems to be coming to a close, even as advocates push for a ren...

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America's Eggshell Nukes

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vermont Yankee, Nuclear Melt Down, Renewable Energy, Obama, Atomic Energy, Solartopia, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Renaissance, Green Power, ap1000, Indian Point, Calvert Cliffs, Chernobyl, Westinghouse, Jet Crash, Nuclear Power, Green News

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made it clear that America's 104 licensed atomic power reactors are not accidents waiting to happen. They are accidents in progress.

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Vermont Votes No Nukes

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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No American state has successfully forced shut a nuclear plant. Vermont is trying to become the first.

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Emergency Shut Down Of 2 Nuke Plants In Same Hour Called A 'Coincidence'

AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Unplanned shutdowns an hour apart at nuclear plants in Vermont and New York – one due to a small leak of radioactive wat...

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For Good or Ill, Vermont's Election Will Impact Millions of Other New Englanders

John Odum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Vermont Yankee, 2010 Elections, Nrc, Nuclear Power, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Environment, Vermont, Environmentalism, Massachusetts, Public Safety, Elections 2010, Green News

The Vermont Yankee, Vermont's aging nuclear reactor that sits roughly where the borders of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts meet, is beset with problems -- including multiple leaks of radioactivity.

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Is the "Nuclear Renaissance" Dead Yet?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

It is now clearer than ever that atomic energy cannot compete. After a half-century this technology still can't face the prospect of full liability for the disasters it might impose.

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"Let Them Eat Fish:" Reflections on Deceptive Advertising by Entergy and BP

Charlotte Dennett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Environmentally conscious Vermont voters have been remarking on the similarity between media ads on local TV by Entergy, owner of the radiation-leaking Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, and BP.

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Nuclear Industry to Vermont: "Drop Dead"

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reactor Loan Guarantees, Indian Point, Vermont Yankee, Obama, Nuclear Renaissance, Nuclear Power, Davis-Besse, Green News

The nuclear power industry is sending a clear and forceful message to the citizens of Vermont: "Drop Dead."

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