Decommissioning bill for VT Yankee
Dear friends, Today’s local paper contains an article about a bill which proposes a fund which would benefit decommissioning at VT Yankee: https://www.reformer.com/stories/proposed-nuclear-decommissioning-bill-carries-big-bonus-for-vernon,614000 ” The bill provides two major benefits for the current decommissioning process at Vermont Yankee. It would provide $500,000 to the Community Advisory Board so that it can better perform its work; and it...
Proposed nuclear decommissioning bill carries big bonus for Vernon
We need this for Indian Point. Vermont’s three-man Congressional delegation concerning the decommissioning of nuclear power plants would provide a stunning financial windfall for the town of Vernon — up to $18 million a year. It also includes $500,000 for the Citizen’s Advisory Board. Pretty amazing and a good example for Indian Point. and Buchanan. ...
Dozens of US nuclear power plants at risk due to climate change: Moody’s
Washington — Dozens of US nuclear power plants, comprising nearly half the country’s operational nuclear generating capacity, “will face growing credit risks” in the next 10 to 20 years due to flooding, hurricanes, heat stress and other predicted impacts of climate change, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report Aug. 18. “The consequences of climate change...
Nuclear power in the Green New Deal?
The arguments against it By M.V. Ramana and Schyler Edmunston Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest in a Green New Deal and there are many versions proposed in different countries. At the same time, there has also been criticism of these proposals on many counts, including the fact that they typically don’t include...
