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Meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel

Vermont Public Service Department Announces May 28 Meeting of Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel

Montpelier, Vermont – The Public Service Department today announced the next meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will be held on Thursday May 28, 2015, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, in the Multi-Purpose Room at Brattleboro Union High […]

Goodbye Vermont Yankee

We’re doin’ fine…

By George Harvey

The reaction of some to the final shutdown of the Vermont Yankee (VY) nuclear plant was predictable. One national investment publication focused on the factoid that Vermont had lost 70% of its electric power. Notice, I said “factoid.” A factoid is something that looks like a fact, […]

Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel Meeting

Montpelier, Vermont – The Public Service Department today announced that the next meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will be held on Wednesday January 28, 2015, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, in the Autumn Room at the Quality Inn and Conference Center, 1380 Putney Road, Brattleboro, Vermont.

The agenda for the January […]

Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel to Meet

Vermont Public Service Department Announces November 20 Meeting of Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel.

Montpelier, Vermont – The Public Service Department today announced that the next meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will be held on Thursday November 20, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at the Marlboro College Center for Graduate […]

Public invited to comment

The public is invited to submit comments on the Vermont Yankee Site Assessment Study and draft Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report

Montpelier, Vermont – The Public Service Department today announced that it is seeking written public comments on the Vermont Yankee Site Assessment Study (SAS), and draft Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) recently published by Entergy. […]

Out to Save the World

A world-class physicist and a high school student team up.

By George Harvey

Dr. Steve Reucroft is a group leader at CERN, the huge international particle physics laboratory in Switzerland. As such, we could say he is a world-class physicist. Alex Fay is a Boston-area high school student about to enter his junior year. He […]

Vermont Public Service Department:

Vermont Public Service Department Announces Inaugural Meeting of Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel

Montpelier, Vermont – The Public Service Department announced on September 17, 2014 that the inaugural meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP), created by the legislature in Act 179 to succeed the Vermont State Nuclear Advisory Panel, will be held […]

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

*Full Committee* “Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning: Stakeholder Views”

BACKGROUND: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, will convene a hearing to examine requirements and challenges associated with decommissioning nuclear reactors throughout the nation.

WHEN:

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 10:00 AM ET

LOCATION:

EPW Hearing Room […]

Sanders and Welch Bills Would Give States More Say In Nuclear Plant Shutdowns

Commissioner Recchia to Testify at U.S. Senate Hearing

WASHINGTON, May 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to give states a greater role in decommissioning nuclear power plants.

Vermont and neighboring states should have more input in the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission process for determining what happens after the shutdown later […]

January 9 Energy Week

With George Harvey and Tom Finnell And Guest Leslie Sullivan Sachs of the Safe and Green Campaign presenting the week’s energy news

Safe and Green Campaign’s website can be found by following This Link.

George’s blog can be found by following This Link.

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