An anti-nuclear group is asking the Vermont Supreme Court to order an immediate shutdown of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

A jury has found six Massachusetts women guilty of trespassing at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to protest the continued operation of the reactor. The women, who range in age from 69 to 93, represented themselves in court.

A trial is under way in Vermont for six elderly Massachusetts women accused of trespassing at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant last year to protest the continued operation of the reactor.

Both the state and lawyers for Vermont Yankee now have filed written arguments to a federal appeals court as the legal battle continues over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

Vermont's Public Service Board is hearing some supportive testimony about the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

Technicians at Vermont Yankee have been preparing for the high winds and prolonged power outages expected from Hurricane Sandy.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Vermont Yankee against the state over taxes on the plant that the Legislature passed this year.

The legal debate over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is heating up at federal appeals court and at the state Public Service Board. The state this week laid out a detailed case for why the plant should not get a new 20 year state permit to operate.

The future of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant is emerging as an issue in the race for Attorney General. While Incumbent Democrat Bill Sorrell is defending the state's decision to try to close the plant as soon as possible, his two opponents oppose the strategy for different reasons.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made it official that it sees no need for stepped-up inspections at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant has filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont over taxes on the plant passed by the Legislature this year.

At the urging of federal regulators, technicians at Vermont Yankee are inspecting the plant to assess risk from severe floods and earthquakes. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has required nuclear plant operators to do a series of inspections following the earthquake and tsunami that crippled reactors in Japan.

An environmental group says a recent study of thermal pollution in the Connecticut River shows that Vermont Yankee has, at times, heated up the water to unacceptable levels. The Connecticut River Watershed Council wants the nuclear plant to change its operations in order to protect migrating fish.

The Shumlin administration has renewed its request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for greater scrutiny of Vermont Yankee's operations.

Newscast: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 5:50 p.m.

A group that supports the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant says Vermont may have work to do to meet its demand for electricity in 2016.

The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is producing electricity at full power again after technicians completed repairs to one of two motor generators that vary the flow of cooling water to the reactor.

A loss last week in federal appeals court has limited the state's options to challenge Vermont Yankee's operating license. Plant opponents are now pinning their hopes on a permit that Yankee needs to release hot water into the Connecticut River.

VPR's John Dillon discusses the latest developments at Vermont Yankee, including regulatory licensing and power output.

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A federal court has handed the state of Vermont another loss in its ongoing challenge to Vermont Yankee's operating license. The Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington rejected the state's arguments that the new 20-year license was invalid because Entergy Vermont Yankee failed to get a new water quality permit.

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant continues to operate at reduced power as technicians test repairs to a pump system that controls the reactor's output.

Vermont Yankee cut its power to 36 percent Monday afternoon due to an electrical failure in a motor that controls the reactor's cooling water.

A federal court decision on nuclear waste could strengthen the state's hand as regulators review Vermont Yankee's bid to operate for another 20 years.