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The Greenfield Recorder published an article on page 1 of its January 7, 2020 edition headlined: Author Shares Thoughts on ‘Bright Future’ of Nuclear Power.  [Link to article is here] It includes cynical, jaw dropping statements like this: Environmental groups, … Continue reading →

MEDIA RELEASE Vermont Public Service Department Announces January 13, 2020 Meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel.  Montpelier, VT – The Public Service Department today announced the next meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) … Continue reading →

“The issue is a perennial one: Will there be enough money to tear down, clean up and decontaminate the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant site in Vernon? And if the money runs out? What will happen?” The Brattleboro Reformer covered … Continue reading →

Vermont’s Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP) has been scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2019, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Brattleboro Area Middle School Multi-Purpose Room, 109 Sunny Acres Road, Brattleboro. “In addition to updates from NorthStar … Continue reading →

On October 17, NorthStar hosted a press tour of Vermont Yankee. Only local press reports followed. Everything’s hunky dory. NorthStar must be feeling gleeful, anticipating the windfall from the leftovers in the decommissioning trust fund that will flow into their … Continue reading →

MEDIA RELEASE  Vermont Public Service Department Announces October 16, 2019 Meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel.  Montpelier, VT – The Public Service Department today announced the next meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) … Continue reading →

Coming to Brattleboro on October 26! Film maker, professor and ecofeminist Heidi Hutner will be speaking about women, gender, and nuclearity, and showing a short from her film: ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN: The Women of Three Mile Island. OCTOBER 26 1:30 … Continue reading →

CAN Goes On the Road Again! [from http://www.nukebusters.org/] When: Tuesday, October 1 – Sunday, October 6, 2019. Where: New England. What: CAN is organizing a third High-Level Nuclear Waste (HLNW) Tour in New England with Cape Downwinders, Boston Downwinders, and … Continue reading →

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding meetings around the country to get feedback on Community Advisory Boards  from those living near nuclear power stations. Since soon after the announcement of closure in 2014, Vermont Yankee has had NDCAP (Nuclear Decommissioning … Continue reading →

From Public Service Department: Please note:  This is NOT A MEETING OF THE FULL PANEL.  The Issues Committee is a 6 person subset of NDCAP.  The next meeting of the full NDCAP will be in September.  However the meeting has … Continue reading →