Hundreds of people who rallied in protest of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant over the weekend, and they say it's time for the 41-year-old reactor to shut down.

Federal regulators want more information about Entergy Corp.'s finances after the company dramatically dropped the value of its Vermont Yankee plant.

Federal regulators want more information about Entergy Corporation's finances after the company dropped the value of its Vermont Yankee plant by more than two-thirds.

The full story of how Entergy went from a welcomed steward to a public pariah in the view of many Vermonters is told in the book "Public Meltdown: The Story of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant", by UVM Research Professor Richard Watts.

Thursday marks a year from the date when Governor Peter Shumlin hoped the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant would shut down. Instead, the reactor is still operating and the state is locked in a legal battle in federal court with Yankee's owner, the Entergy Corporation.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant did a good job last year in protecting public health and safety. The nuclear agency released its annual assessment report on Thursday.

he Vermont Public Service Board says it will consider some, but not all, of a prominent nuclear critic's testimony as it weighs whether to give the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant a new state permit.

A long-time critic of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is to testify before the state Public Service Board, if plant owner Entergy Corp. doesn't succeed in blocking that testimony.

The Vermont state panel that regulates utilities is beginning a new round of technical hearings on the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

Vermont lawmakers are looking to firm up a promise made by the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant that it would take extra steps to clean up the plant's Vernon site after it shuts down.

As the legal uncertainty surrounding the Vermont Yankee plant continues, an anti-nuclear group wants utility regulators to take a time out in order to let the state Supreme Court resolve some of the issues.

State officials are worried that detecting new leaks at Vermont Yankee may be difficult because groundwater monitoring wells at the nuclear plant are already contaminated.

VPR's John Dillon provides analysis on this week's court cases involving the continued operation of Vermont Yankee.

House Speaker Shap Smith discusses the top issues facing the Legislature, VPR's John Dillon provides analysis on this week's court cases involving the continued operation of Vermont Yankee and we hear from the Norwich University Regimental Band. 

After a hearing in New York City on Monday, the company that owns Vermont Yankee and its opponents were back in court on Wednesday in a continuing legal face-off over the future of the state's only nuclear plant.

In a rare legal proceeding, the state Supreme Court is to hear arguments that the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is continuing to run in violation of a 2002 order by the Public Service Board.

Lawyers for Entergy and the state of Vermont faced off in a federal courtroom in New York on Monday in a case that will determine the state's power to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

A federal appeals court in New York will hear a case Monday morning that may test the limits of a state's control over nuclear power plants.

A federal court judge has refused to block a state court proceeding that activists hope could force the shutdown of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

State regulators are demanding answers from Entergy, the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. Entergy has won federal approval to run the plant until 2032. But it still needs a state permit, called a certificate of public good.

The Entergy Corporation will be back in court next week, defending its right to keep operating the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. But as Entergy continues its legal battle, a financial firm says Yankee is a drag on the company's finances.

Twenty-four anti-nuclear and environmental groups are joining the states of Vermont and New York in calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do a more thorough study of the impacts of storing spent nuclear fuel on the grounds of nuclear power plants.

Lawyers involved in the fight over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will be busy in the coming weeks.

A federal appeals court has set a date in mid-January for oral arguments in a case that tests the limits of a state's authority to regulate nuclear power.

An anti-nuclear group says Entergy Vermont Yankee has disobeyed Public Service Board orders by operating without a new state permit, and it's asking the Vermont Supreme Court to order the immediate shutdown of the plant.