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That's because of Vermont Yankee, a 620-megawatt nuclear power plant near Brattleboro.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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In Vermont, a movement is growing to reverse the Vermont Yankee decision.
FORBES: Indian Point, Vermont Yankee Reactors Not Likely To Close
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Or maybe the solons will decree that Vermont Yankee is old, decrepit and unfit for further duty (even though it's the NRC's job is to regulate safety).
FORBES: Magazine Article
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The Vermont Department of Health said it has found radioactive tritium in the Connecticut River, which probably leaked from the nearby Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
FORBES: Radioactive Tritium Leaks from Nuke Plant; Also Two Million EXIT Signs
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In Vermont, legislators voted in February to prevent Vermont Yankee from continuing to operate because of safety fears and recent leaks of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.
FORBES: Indian Point, Vermont Yankee Reactors Not Likely To Close
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has already granted them to 64 plants, most recently on March 21st to Vermont Yankee, which is of the same design and vintage as the Fukushima reactors.
ECONOMIST: Nuclear power
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Only two weeks ago the five-member NRC voted 4-0 (one recusal) to grant a 20-year license extension to the Vermont Yankee facility on the Connecticut River, just north of the Massachusetts border.
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Vermont Yankee started pumping out power in 1972.
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One of the utilities that buy power from Vermont Yankee says it will replace the power it now gets from the plant with a mix of other, likely costlier sources, including from natural-gas fired plants.
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