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$12.6B into the Death Spiral
The nuclear power industry got a huge boost today from YOU via the US Dept. of Energy. DOE is proposing $12.6 Billion (yes, B) in new nuclear “guaranteed loans” for existing and new nuclear reactors. Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy … Continue reading
Citizen Advisory Panel
The first meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizen Advisory panel is open to the public. It will be held at Brattleboro Union High School in the Multi-Purpose Room from 6-9pm. More info is here: http://publicservice.vermont.gov/announcements “The agenda for the September … Continue reading
NEW Countdown to Closure!
Remember our daily “Countdown to Closure” vigils at the gates of Vermont Yankee back in 2011 & 2012? We were marking the days until March 21, 2012, the day Vermont’s stamp of approval for nuclear operations expired. Now watch our … Continue reading
Citizens’ Groups Briefs to the PSB
Since Entergy applied to Vermont’s Public Service Board in 2008 for a Certificate of Public Good to operate past March 21, 2012, citizens’ groups have been engaged in the legal process. The media blackout of the five groups’ responses to … Continue reading
“Nuclear Goldilocks”
At the US Senate hearings in January, we heard the whining voices of nuclear power corporations speaking through a majority of the Senators on the NRC oversight committee. Their mantra is that the industry is over-regulated. In 2012, industry pressured … Continue reading
Safe & Green in DC
On Tuesday, Safe and Green members brought your voice to Washington, DC. Our message: the state and the public must have a real role in decommissioning planning, which currently is simply between the corporation and the captive regulator, the NRC. … Continue reading
State of VT & Entergy Talks Fail
Time to for us to get pushy, since Entergy and the State were unable to come to a negotiated agreement on closure and decommissioning Yankee. They say talks will continue. In the meantime, the Public Service Board should make a … Continue reading
Cleaning Up VT Yankee
“Cleaning Up VT Yankee: Three Perspectives” Since Entergy announced that it would stop producing power (and radioactive waste) at the end of 2014, there have been some proposals made about the best process and time line for decommissioning. We have … Continue reading
Dec. 3rd: Cleaning Up VT Yankee
Just in time for for you to do a little background reading before our panel December 3rd, Dave Lochbaum has added a primer of decommissioning to Activist Toolkit. We’ve posted it on our Decommissioning Resources. Safe & Green Campaign will … Continue reading
A Day of Empowering the Grassroots
Safe & Green is co-sponsoring the annual Vermont Environmental Summit, so we’re headed to VTC in Randolph Center Saturday, 11/9. Cleaning up Yankee in on the table for a morning energy issues “round table discussion focused on the strategies and … Continue reading
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