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Feds allow further study of nuke fuel rods storage

By VPR | March 24, 2009

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is agreeing to extend the relicensing period for two nuclear power plants in part to allow time to study the storage of spent fuel rods.

Mass. AG appeals ruling affecting Vt. Yankee

By VPR | October 3, 2008

The Massachusetts attorney general is appealing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s rejection of concerns about possible accidents or sabotage involving the spent radioactive fuel pools at the Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee nuclear plants.

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States move to force EPA to respond to ruling on global warming

By VPR | April 3, 2008

Attorneys general from 17 states, including Vermont, and several environmental groups are taking the EPA back to court to try to force it comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush administration for inaction on global warming.