This Week in Nuclear
by John Wheeler
The State of Vermont and their Governor Peter Shumlin want to shut down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant. Unfortunately for their cause, only the Federal Government, in this case the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the legal authority to regulate nuclear plant safety. In March the NRC granted the plant permission to operate for another 20 years.
Shumlin and his followers don’t like that. They really want the plant shut down. In fact, it will be a major political defeat for Shumlin if he looses this fight against the evil foreigners from Louisiana. Plus, if he fails, he’ll renege on a campaign promise he made to all the anti-nuclear activists that gravitated to his cause.
