Vermont Business Magazine, August 1st, 2005
With support from state regulators and a consortium of business interests, the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is proposing a radioactive waste storage system intended to help keep the facility on line for at least six more years.
Anti-nuclear activists argue, however, that the Yankee storage plan does not adequately address existing safety issues involving used nuclear fuel rod's kept in pools at the Vernon plant. These critics, organized into a group called the New England Coalition, say they will urge the Public Service Board to impose stricter waste-disposal requirements w...
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