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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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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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America's Reckless Nuclear Policies Have Got to End

Tulsi Gabbard | Posted 05.20.2012

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We shouldn't gamble away another cent towards this destructive and dangerous energy technology. I will fight to end these spending policies and instead aim federal funding toward clean, safe, renewable energy -- the type that we can all feel comfortable living next to.

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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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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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Nuclear Power Plant Trial: VP Says Firm Agreed To State Oversight

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 11.13.2011

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A vice president of the company that owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant said Tuesday he wrote a letter almost three ...

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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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Health Officials: Radioactive Tritium Leaked From Vermont Nuclear Plant Into River

AP | By DAVE GRAM | Posted 10.17.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Health officials say a radioactive form of hydrogen that leaked from a Vermont nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has rea...

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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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