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The Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 to close Vermont Yankee. While proponents of nuclear power claim that the plants can be run safely and economically, Entergy, the Louisiana company that operates the plant, is now known to be running Vermont Yankee AT A LOSS! Economics is not the issue. The Vermont Senate isn't interested [...]
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There's no question that nuclear power will be part of our energy supply mix for the foreseeable future. The United States has 104 nuclear power plants in operation at present, according to Matthew Wald on the Green Inc. blog of The New York Times, relying on NRC data. Incidents like this - in which a [...]
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