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11.16.2020 Reformer: Decomm panel to reconsider interim waste storage Headline: Decommissioning panel set to review earlier stand on interim waste storage By Susan Smallheer, Brattleboro Reformer VERNON — Should Vermont take a stand on a national proposal to create an … Continue reading →

As far as we know, the only press which covered this event was WAMC (Albany NY radio): https://www.wamc.org/post/decommissioning-panel-holds-meeting-vermont-yankee-and-spent-fuel-policy   LET’S GET SOME CITIZEN INPUT INTO THE NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING CITIZENS ADVISORY PANEL!! By Ann Darling, Safe and Green Campaign & Citizens Awareness … Continue reading →

Somehow, a staffer in Rep Welch’s office thought because nobody had spoken up about rad waste, it was okay to vote YES on Yucca Mountain and interim storage bills. Let him know he was wrong. While you’re busy writing to … Continue reading →

The next Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel meeting on February 3rd will tackle the issue of who pays to support NDCAP. In a letter to the editor, Safe and Green Campaign member Ann Darling  asks ” How can the panel … Continue reading →

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 →