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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant to Close in 2014
2013-08-28 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Burlington Free Press: In the end, the price of power and the quirks of the energy market not a protracted legal battle with the state is forcing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to close down. Plant owner Entergy Corp. announced Tuesday it will shut the 41-year-old Vernon plant at the end of 2014, a move cheered by critics and mourned by employees and supporters. This decision was based on economic performance, Bill Mohl, Entergys wholesale commodities president, said at a Brattleboro news conference...
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Entergy to shut controversial Vermont nuclear plant
2013-08-27 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Entergy Corp will shut the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, citing high costs tied to regulation and competition from cheap natural gas, bringing to an end a long battle with politicians and environmentalists seeking to close it. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin welcomed the news that the 40-year-old plant, which generates three-quarters of the state's power, will cease operations by the end of 2014, though the closure raises new problems for the New England state, including how long it would...
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Regulators to Discuss Future of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant
2013-08-27 20:35:10| Energy - Topix.net
Federal regulators want to know what the owners of the idle Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant will do to improve the plant if they get permission to restart it.
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Entergy to Close Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
2013-08-27 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Entergy Corporation today said it plans to close and decommission its Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vermont. The station is expected to cease power production after its current fuel cycle and move to safe shutdown in the fourth quarter of 2014. Anti-nuclear activists greeted the news with delight. After years of protests, conferences and lawsuits, the nuclear plant that has worried them will be shuttered. The nonprofit group Beyond Nuclear commented, "The State of the Vermont,...
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Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to close by end of 2014
2013-08-27 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated press: Vermont's only nuclear power plant will shut down by the end of next year, ending a nasty legal battle over the future of the 4-decade-old plant, Entergy Corporation announced Tuesday. The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station is expected to cease power production after its current fuel cycle and will begin being decommissioned in the fourth quarter of 2014, the company said. The station will remain under the oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission throughout the decommissioning process....
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