Voters in Warren want the state Legislature to stop Vermont Yankee nuclear plant from operating past its scheduled 2012 closing.
In a Town Meeting day vote Tuesday, they easily approved a measure that calls on state lawmakers to block the Vernon power plant from staying open once its license expires and to force its owners to fully fund a decommissioning fund set up to pay for the plant’s eventual dismantling – whenever that is.
Similar no-confidence votes were scheduled in about three dozen towns across Vermont on Tuesday as residents headed out to town halls and schools for their annual town meetings.