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When we're faced with threats to public health, from clean water, to white powder, or a potential nuclear leak at Vermont Yankee -- all those things require the science and scientists at the health lab to establish the information we need to protect the public health
There are a lot of people who work for Vermont Yankee, so it is a lot of jobs. I can understand the danger side of it too. It's a risky business but they are highly trained people who work there
Massachusetts citizens who live near the Pilgrim, Seabrook or Vermont Yankee nuclear power plants are being ignored by the government, with potentially dire consequences if an accident were to ever occur.More quotes »
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Legislative Update
TO CATCH UP with how a legislative session ends through the eyes of your representative, two things are required: finding out what was squeezed into the final days, and finding out what passed the House, but not the Senate. While I’ve tried to keep you u from The Northfield News Read more »
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My Turn: Legislating more misery
If one didn't already know that the Vermont Legislature is comprised entirely of benevolent, intelligent, unselfish people, one might get the impression that some legislators are intent on increasing the states cancer rate as well as the general sum of h from Burlington Free Press Read more »
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States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a more thorough review of issues connected with storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste at plant sites. Thousands of tons of from San Antonio Express Read more »
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Vt. presses federal government on nuclear storage
Vermont and other states are pressing the federal government to do something about radioactive waste being stored at nuclear plants like Vermont Yankee. Nuclear plants keep all of their old fuel rods on site, either in spent fuel pools or concrete casks. from WCAX Read more »
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’Up in the air’ Vernon extends Vermont Yankee tax deal
VERNON -- The future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant remains uncertain, as does Vernon’s long-term tax revenue from the facility off Governor Hunt Road. That’s why the Vernon Selectboard has approved yet another one-year extension of an expired from Brattleboro Reformer Read more »
