Sue Prent: Entergy’s ‘Catch-22’
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sue Prent, an artist/writer living in St. Albans who routinely blogs on Green Mountain Daily. She is self-employed by Pink House Studios, and works for Fairewinds...
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Big month on tap in Vermont Yankee case
An aerial photo of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon. [V]ERNON – January is a pivotal month for the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. The state Public Utility Commission‘s second and final...
View ArticleAmelia Shea: Stewarding Vermont’s nuclear site
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Amelia Shea, of Brattleboro, who serves on the board of the New England Coalition and has worked at Green Living Journal since 1991. [P]aul Hawken, the author of...
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Vermont Yankee fuel plan gets environmental OK
Vermont Yankee spent fuel pad. Photo courtesy of Vermont Yankee VERNON — A plan to speed up the storage of Vermont Yankee’s radioactive spent fuel poses “no significant environmental impacts,” federal...
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Nuclear power critics to testify in Vermont Yankee case
Vermont Yankee as seen from the air in winter. File photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer [S]tate regulators will consider the testimony of two prominent nuclear power critics in deciding...
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State close to deal on Vermont Yankee sale; critics’ support uncertain
An aerial photo of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon. [C]losed-door settlement negotiations regarding the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee are expected to wrap up within a week. A memorandum of...
View ArticleLeslie Sullivan Sachs: Vermont Yankee impossible to trust
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Leslie Sullivan Sachs, who is a member of the Safe & Green Campaign in Brattleboro. [O]n March 22, I will be showing up for another meeting on Vermont Yankee....
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Settlement allays concerns about Vermont Yankee sale
Vermont Yankee as seen from the air in winter. File photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer [B]RATTLEBORO – Cleaning up Vermont Yankee will be a “fully transparent and public process” if...
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Companies propose possible VY storage plan
Dry casks hold spent nuclear fuel at shutdown Vermont Yankee in Vernon. Photo courtesy of Vermont Yankee [B]RATTLEBORO — While Vermont Yankee’s accelerated cleanup plan appears to be gaining momentum,...
View ArticleGuy Page: A foundation for hope at Vermont Yankee
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Guy Page, of Berlin, who is the communications director of the Vermont Energy Partnership, of which Vermont Yankee is a member. He is also a member of the...
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Conservation Law Foundation details Vermont Yankee concerns
The now-idled Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo courtesy of Vermont Business Magazine [T]hough a recent settlement deal quieted criticism of Vermont Yankee’s proposed sale, at least...
View ArticleSandra Levine: Vermont Yankee sale deal lacks safeguards
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sandra Levine, who is a senior attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation in Montpelier. [W]ith communities in Vermont still reeling from the PFOA toxic waste...
View ArticleGuy Page: While most see opportunity, CLF sees only problems with VY sale
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Guy Page, of Berlin, who is the communications director of the Vermont Energy Partnership, of which Vermont Yankee is a member. He is also a member of the...
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Delays won’t scuttle Vermont Yankee sale, companies say
An aerial photo of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon. Photo courtesy of Vermont Yankee [R]egulatory decisions on the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee may take even longer than previously...
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Vermont Yankee water cost: $6M and counting
A water disposal storage tank at Vermont Yankee. Entergy has spent $3.5 million so far to transport tainted water from the Vernon plant. (Entergy submitted photo) [B]RATTLEBORO – Entergy has spent...
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Feds approve Vermont Yankee transfer to NorthStar
The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [T]he U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the transfer of Vermont Yankee’s license to a...
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Buyer, watchdog group at odds on timing of Vermont Yankee sale
Margaret Cheney (left) of the Vermont Public Utility Commission and fellow Commissioner Sarah Hofmann preside in February over a status conference regarding the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. Photo...
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State likely won’t meet Oct. 31 decision deadline requested by Vermont...
A transporter carrying one 200-ton fuel storage cask leaves Vermont Yankee’s containment access building on its way to a concrete storage pad about 150 yards away. Photo courtesy of Entergy This story...
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State to rule by next week on Vermont Yankee sale
A transporter carrying one 200-ton fuel storage cask leaves Vermont Yankee’s containment access building on its way to a concrete storage pad about 150 yards away. Photo courtesy of Entergy [S]tate...
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State OKs Vermont Yankee sale to decommissioning firm
A loaded spent fuel cask arrives on a storage pad at Vermont Yankee in August 2017, and crews prepare to lower it to the concrete. Photo courtesy of Entergy This story has been updated. [S]tate...
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Vermont Yankee buyer looking for quick start
An informational flier distributed at a Brattleboro meeting in December 2016 promotes “a new chapter” for Vermont Yankee if NorthStar Group Services were to be permitted to buy the Vernon nuclear...
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Vermont Yankee sale to decommissioning firm complete
Crews move the 58th and final spent fuel storage cask at Vermont Yankee in August. Entergy submitted photo [A]fter more than two years of debate, deliberation and negotiation, Vermont Yankee has a new...
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Vermont Yankee sale to NorthStar generates new questions
A sign for the New York-based cleanup company NorthStar Group Services sits in front of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger [V]ERNON — Corey Daniels,...
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NRC says Vermont Yankee cask maker violated safety regulations
A transporter carrying one 200-ton fuel storage cask leaves Vermont Yankee’s containment access building on its way to a concrete storage pad about 150 yards away. Photo courtesy of Entergy[F]ederal...
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Regulators ramp up oversight as Vermont Yankee dismantling begins
A truck from the New York-based cleanup company NorthStar Group Services sits in front of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger [A]s an unprecedented,...
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Vermont Yankee cooling towers coming down, marking the ‘end of an era’
Crews from NorthStar tear down a section of the water cooling towers at the decommissioned Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon on Thursday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger [V]ERNON — Josh...
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Vermont Yankee decommissioning ahead of schedule, savings anticipated
Cranes from the New York-based cleanup company NorthStar Group Services tower over the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger VERNON — The cleanup...
View ArticleSchuyler Gould: Not one ounce of nearly 100,000 tons of high-level...
This commentary is by Schuyler Gould of Brattleboro, former president of New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution and a current member of Citizens Awareness Network. A few additions to Emma Cotton’s...
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Deb Katz: There’s no end in sight to the crisis in nuclear waste
This commentary is by Deb Katz, executive director of the Citizen Awareness Network, based in Shelburne, Mass. What remains at the site of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant? Millions of curies...
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The Deeper Dig: A plan for what’s left of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
Non-fuel radioactive waste is loaded into a rail car for delivery to a facility in Texas at the site of the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Photo by Glenn...
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