Vermont Yankee: Now What Are Opponents Doing?
By Howard Shaffer The shutdown of Vermont Yankee at the end of its current fuel cycle next fall has been announced. Now that opponents have been handed what they were Continue Reading →
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Millions for education, but not one cent for tribute
By Meredith Angwin Since Entergy announced that it would close Vermont Yankee, I have been thinking about advice for nuclear plants going forward. I mean, they haven’t asked me for Continue Reading →
The Challenge Continues
By Howard Shaffer The fall in New England brings crispness to the air, beautiful mountainsides covered with leaves turning color, and a spur to activity before the coming winter. The Continue Reading →
Vermont Yankee closure announced – There is work yet to be done
By Howard Shaffer On August 27, Entergy announced that it plans to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in the fall of 2014, when the plant’s current fuel is Continue Reading →
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to close end of 2014
“Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station generates 72.5 percent of the state’s electricity while emitting no greenhouse gases.” So reads the first sentence of a fact sheet on Vermont Yankee from Continue Reading →
Power Play: People, Politics, Electricity, Nuclear
By Howard Shaffer Energy-related events in Vermont continue to be a jumble of citizen activism, political maneuvering, changes to the electric power system, and an overall focus on nuclear power. Continue Reading →
A Dangerous Precedent or a Slippery Slope?
By Howard Shaffer The governor of Vermont last year established the “Energy Generation Siting Policy Commission” after citizens protested a proposed wind farm (meanwhile, the legislature proposed a wind farm Continue Reading →