The Vermont State Senate voted to retire the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant. YAY! This is big. According to Greenpeace, “A host of problems have plagued the Vermont nuclear plant, from missing fuel rods to the collapse of cooling towers to the uncontrolled and unmonitored releases of radiation into the groundwater. On Monday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledged yet another radioactive leak from the reactor in 2005. The NRC is currently investigating allegations by Vermont Yankee employees about radioactive leaks from underground piping.”
The Vermont State Senate is to be commended in taking this action, especially since I’m sure that there was much lobbying against it. Now, if only they could teach our Federal Congress how to have a backbone . . .
