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Back to the Public Service Board: Next Steps for Vermont Yankee

February 4, 2012 by Meredith Angwin
with 212 views

The court ruled in favor of Entergy in the recent court case. In consequence, Entergy applied to the Public Service Board for a Certificate of Public Good for Vermont Yankee.Judge Murtha's ruling in the case is over 100 pages long. At one level, however, it can be summarized as follows:The State of Vermont tried to alter a contract... [read more]

Vermont Yankee Lives to Power Another Day

January 20, 2012 by Steve Skutnik
with 462 views

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, supplier of 73% of Vermont's emission-free electricity (and approximately one-third of the state's total electricity), won its day in federal court today, thus granting it the right to keep the doors open and the lights on (for the rest of the state). Vermont resident Meredith Angwin has been... [read more]

Enlightenment and Renaissance: Which Should Come First for Nuclear

January 13, 2012 by Meredith Angwin
with 210 views

Several months ago I blogged about an engineering presentation at Dartmouth. Dr. Swartz presented a talk with the provocative title: If Vermont Yankee Had an Accident Like Fukushima.Swartz concluded that the "worried well" would be the major problem after any type of nuclear accident. Civilians would not receive radiation at a dose... [read more]

Effective vs. Ineffective Nuclear Advocacy

October 31, 2011 by Steve Skutnik
with 498 views

Recently, there's been a push among supporters of nuclear energy to try and promote nuclear energy-related petitions in the White House's recent propaganda stunt online citizen petition initiative, "We the People". Some of these petition topics included advocacy of specific nuclear prototype projects (such as the integral fast reactor [... [read more]

If Vermont Yankee had an Accident Like Fukushima

October 11, 2011 by Meredith Angwin
with 921 views

On Friday, October 7, I attended a Jones Seminar at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. The Jones Seminars are open to the public, but mostly attended by engineering students.This seminar, but Harold Swartz of Dartmouth Medical School, had the provocative title: If Vermont Yankee had an incident like Fukushima, What... [read more]

Broken Windows and Nuclear Plants

September 5, 2011 by Meredith Angwin
with 503 views

The governor of Vermont is wrong: Decommissioning nuclear plants does not create jobs. [read more]

Vermont Gov. Shumlin Seeks To Close Nuclear Plant AND Reduce GHGs- Illogical!

August 30, 2011 by Rod Adams
with 427 views

Yesterday, Vermont Governor Peter Shumulin appeared on Democracy Now to talk about the effect of Hurricane Irene on his Green Mountain State. Twice in the interview, he used the words irrational, but throughout the interview he and his interviewer were remarkably illogical.Though many parts of his state were being... [read more]

Slide Show on Vermont's Energy Future

August 11, 2011 by Meredith Angwin
with 328 views

I recently recorded a 45 minute slide show about Vermont's Energy Future. I had been meaning to do this for a long time. I want to thank the people at CATV studio of White River Junction for their work and patience in recording this, and Cavan Stone for his thoughtful editing. I hope you enjoy it!The show covers Vermont Yankee issues... [read more]

Entergy to Refuel Vermont Yankee

July 27, 2011 by Dan Yurman
with 388 views

The utility places a $100 million bet despite a hostile political environment The future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor got a bit brighter this week as its owner and operator the Entergy Corp. (NYSE:ETR) announced its board of directors had approved the fabrication of fuel and the refueling of the Vermont Yankee reactor in October... [read more]

The Nuclear Safety Paradox

June 29, 2011 by Meredith Angwin
with 932 views

Over the past several months, a thought has been at the back of my mind about nuclear safety. I feel is important to enter this issue into the ongoing discussion about Nuclear Power in our country. [read more]

Entergy Files Suit To Keep Vermont Yankee Open

April 18, 2011 by Meredith Angwin
with 185 views

This morning, Entergy filed suit to keep the Vermont Yankee plant open by requiring Vermont to honor its signed contracts. The State of Vermont signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Entergy in 2002. The State has attempted to amend that contract on a one-sided basis. Entergy's lawsuit was described in a Burlington Free Press... [read more]

NRC renews Vermont Yankee license

March 11, 2011 by Dan Yurman
with 625 views

Rock blunts scissor ~ the federal agency concludes the reactor is safe to operate for another 20 years. In the classic strategy game of rock, scissors, paper, as it has played out in the dispute over the relicensing of the 600 MW Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, the governor and the legislature have done everything possible to cut the... [read more]

The Impact of Closing Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant

February 21, 2011 by Willem Post
with 1,290 views

The New England Electric Grid, NEEG, managed by ISO New England, ISO-NE, has a generating capacity of about 34,020 MW, power supplied is about 130,000 GWh/yr. It includes over 350 central power plants and 8,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines to provide power to about 6.5 million customers. The 2010 NEEG power is 55.4% is from... [read more]

Widening the View: From Vermont to Iowa and England

January 6, 2011 by Meredith Angwin
with 1,429 views

Starting in VermontThis morning, the Brattleboro Reformer had an interesting and controversial op-ed about Vermont Yankee. Since Howard Shaffer and I had visited the Reformer offices recently to have a background-style talk, I was interested in the editorial.The op-ed claimed that Vermont Yankee is unlikely to close "on schedule." It... [read more]

Carnival Issue: Biggest Nuclear Stores in 2010

December 31, 2010 by Meredith Angwin
with 1,019 views

Retrospectives and Prospects for the FutureMost of the blog posts for this Carnival put the Big Issues of the previous year in useful perspective.The SMRs, the Hatchets, the Laurels, the HardLy-sDan Yurman of Idaho Samizdat looked at the blog posts that drew the most readers to his blog this year in Top Blog Posts for 2010. He notes that... [read more]