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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
*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 […]
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 […]
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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Reposted from Valley News:
In this June 19, 2013 photo, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station sits along the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. Entergy Corp., announced Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, it will shut down the nuclear power plant by end of 2014, ending a long legal battle with the […]
Safe and Green is hosting a decommissioning panel on Tuesday Dec. 3, 6:30pm at SIT in Brattleboro. “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. […]
By George Harvey
When I was young, a telephone had no dial on it. When you picked up the phone, you heard a female voice say, “Number, please.” There was no Caller ID, a long-distance call meant contacting a long-distance operator, and a call to Europe could cost $20, half a week’s pay for […]
A note on the news of November 4
By George Harvey
Four environmental scientists got a lot of press today, after they called on green groups to back development of ‘safe’ nuclear reactors. The reason they did this is that they believe we cannot rely on solar and wind to do the job.
I believe […]
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