Hebert introduces bill to remove Legislature’s power to vote on VY’s Certificate of Public Good
Rep. Mike Hebert said it’s “improper” for the Legislature to have the power to decide Vermont Yankee’s fate and that the decision should be left to the NRC and the VPSB.
Countdown to Closure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2011 CONTACT: Nancy Braus (802) 380-3362 nancykbraus@yahoo.com Bob Bady (802) 258-7750 bobbady@gmail.com Randy Kehler (413) 624-8858 rkehler@crocker.com A public event entitled “COUNTDOWN TO CLOSURE and a Green, Nuclear-Free Future” will take place on Monday evening, March 21, at 7:00 pm, at the Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St. in downtown [...]
VNRC: Omya ruling sets precedent for Vermont Yankee
In the ruling, the court has held that the groundwater public trust designation is to be broadly interpreted and that the state must manage groundwater as a public trust resource that is to be protected from both over-extraction and pollution.
Video + story: Shumlin says SAFSTOR wasn’t part of deal with Entergy; governor praises school boards, criticizes House GOP
Shumlin asked Obama to give the NRC the authority to require Entergy Corp. to decommission Vermont Yankee instead of allowing radioactive waste to be stored on the site for as long as 60 years.
Vermont delegation to NRC: Don’t delay Vermont Yankee cleanup
The lawmakers called it “unacceptable” that Entergy, which owns the Vermont plant, could engage in “decades of delay” before cleaning up the site along the Connecticut River at Vernon, Vt.
Source of new tritium leak at Vermont Yankee still unidentified
Investigation into Tritium Contamination at Vermont Yankee Feb. 28, 2011 Update Vermont State Nuclear Advisory Panel (VSNAP) On February 22, VSNAP met for the first since March 2009, convened at Vernon Elementary School by new Public Service Commissioner Elizabeth Miller. VSNAP is charged with overseeing current and future uses of nuclear power in the state. [...]
Engineers delay testing of deep water well at Vermont Yankee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2011 CONTACT: Laurence Smith Manager of Communications Vermont Yankee 802-258-4118 lsmit14@entergy.com Entergy Vermont Yankee engineers and technicians have encountered a delay in the preparations for sampling the COB Well. The make-up rate of the well was not high enough to support purging and sampling. This is likely due to the [...]
Entergy Louisiana continues its deceptive advertising campaign one year after historic vote to retire troubled nuclear plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2011 CONTACT: Paul Burns VPIRG 802-223-5221 (o) 802-793-1985 (c) paul@vpirg.org MONTPELIER, VT – On the first anniversary of the Vermont state Senate’s historic ‘no confidence’ vote regarding the problem-plagued nuclear plant owned by Entergy Louisiana, the company continues to blanket the state in false and misleading advertising in an effort [...]
Jones: Vermont’s renewable goals are flawed
While Vermont is a leader in the energy efficiency arena, with new leadership in Montpelier it is time to overhaul an inadequate state clean energy regime.
Petition filed asking state to update Vermont Yankee’s water permit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2011 CONTACT: David Deen River Steward Connecticut River Watershed Council 800-322-5616 ddeen@ctriver.org Laura Murphy Staff Attorney Vermont Law School ENRLC 914-260-6045 lmurphy@vermontlaw.edu Pat Parenteau Professor of Law and Senior Counsel Vermont Law School ENRLC 802-831-1305 pparenteau@vermontlaw.edu SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– Today, the Connecticut River Watershed Council asked the Vermont Agency [...]
