Wednesday, February 24, 2010

News Alert: Vermont Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant in 2012

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wed, February 24, 2010 -- 3:23 PM ET
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Vermont Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant in 2012

By a vote of 26 to 4, the Vermont State Senate decided on
Wednesday not to consider extending the operating license of
the state's only nuclear power plant, the aging Vermont
Yankee facility, which will expire in March 2012. Backers of
the license extension had argued that the state needs both
the power and the jobs the plant supplies, but critics said
the plant has been trouble-prone and cited conflicts with its
owner, the Entergy Corporation of New Orleans.

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