Some have asked me how it happens that the legislature has any authority over Vermont Yankee (VY). With thanks to Tony Klein, chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, and John Greenberg, independent policy analyst, here's a thumbnail sketch of that history. (Any errors are mine alone.)
Vermont law requires a positive legislative vote for the construction of any new nuclear power plant as well as for any expansion of on-site nuclear waste storage. In the late 1960s, (more…)
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"What Just Happened?": a view from the State House (and other musings)Vermont Yankee up closeMarch 10, 2009
I wasn’t sure I wanted to go inside a nuclear power plant. On the other hand, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so when invited as a legislator to tour Vermont Yankee, I accepted.
Entergy, VY’s parent company, provided a bus from Montpelier. About 20 of us went; after our orientation in the visitors’ (more…) |
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