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    <title>Vermont Public Radio: Vermont Yankee</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:45:23 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Masked Protestors Disrupt NRC Meeting In Brattleboro</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94608/masked-protestors-disrupt-nrc-meeting-in-brattlebo/</link>
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Officials from the Federal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission were in Brattleboro Wednesday to talk about Entergy Vermont Yankee's annual
safety assessment. The plant got high marks from the NRC for safety.

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	<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:34:10 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>NRC To Hold Public Meeting In Brattleboro </title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94598/nrc-to-hold-public-meeting-in-brattleboro/</link>
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Officials from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Brattleboro today to talk about their annual safety assessment of
the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

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	<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:06:35 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>NRC To Hold Public Meeting On May 23</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94487/nrc-to-hold-public-meeting-on-may-23/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Officials from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Brattleboro later this month to talk about their annual safety
assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

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	<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:06:12 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Appeals Court Asks For Vt. Yankee Arguments</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94454/appeals-court-asks-for-vt-yankee-arguments/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A
federal appeals court weighing a water quality permit for the Vermont Yankee
nuclear plant wants lawyers to provide it with written arguments on another
type of water quality permit.

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	<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 06:06:49 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>DPS Commissioner To Argue Against VY License Renewal</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94437/dps-commissioner-to-argue-against-vy-license-renew/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The
commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service will be in Washington today to argue that the license renewal federal
regulators gave to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was issued improperly.

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	<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 06:06:05 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Vermont Yankee Asks For Year In State Permit Case</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94374/vermont-yankee-asks-for-year-in-state-permit-case/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear
power plant want the state's utility regulator to give the company more than a
year to file documents that could lead to it being allowed to operate for
another 20 years.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94374/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 06:06:57 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Charges Dropped Against Vermont Yankee Protesters</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94328/charges-dropped-against-vermont-yankee-protesters/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Prosecutors are dropping criminal trespassing
charges against 136 protesters who were arrested last month at the corporate
offices of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94328/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:06:01 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Senate To Debate Vermont Yankee Tax</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94282/senate-to-debate-vermont-yankee-tax/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The Vermont Senate is set to debate a
miscellaneous tax bill including a new $7.5 million tax on the Vermont Yankee
nuclear plant.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94282/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:06:15 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Hundreds Gather To Protest Vt. Nuclear Plant </title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94146/hundreds-gather-to-protest-vt-nuclear-plant/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people turned out Saturday on
the Brattleboro town green for a rally to show support for
decommissioning the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, one of the oldest nuclear
power plants in the country.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94146/</guid>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:34:50 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Sanders, Shumlin To Speak At Vermont Yankee Rally</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94141/sanders-shumlin-to-speak-at-vermont-yankee-rally/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[There
will be a rally in Brattleboro tomorrow to protest the continued operation of the
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant. The event has been organized by a coalition of groups, including the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, the Sierra
Club, and VPIRG. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94141/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Condenser Leaks Plague Vermont Yankee Plant</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94113/condenser-leaks-plague-vermont-yankee-plant/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermont Yankee is operating at reduced power while technicians continue to
trouble-shoot problems with its steam condenser. The condenser contains thousands of tubes, and some have started to leak.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94113/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:31:11 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Group Says VY Tax Would Tarnish Vt.&#039;s Business Reputation</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94022/group-says-vy-tax-would-tarnish-vts-business-reput/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Associated Industries of Vermont complains that a proposed
tax increase on the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant sends the wrong message to
companies doing business in Vermont.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94022/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Senate Committee Looks At Economic Consequences of Vermont Yankee Closure</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93976/senate-committee-looks-at-economic-consequences-ve/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Members of the state Senate Economic
Development Committee continue to look for ways to deal with the economic
consequences of closing Vermont Yankee. Last year, legislators set aside
$50,000 for a regional study that included a look at the ripple
effects of losing as many as 650 of the region's highest paying jobs.

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	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:34:06 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Lawmaker To Visit New Mexico Waste Site</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93980/lawmaker-to-visit-new-mexico-waste-site/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Brattleboro Progressive Rep. Sarah Edwards
will travel today to a Waste Isolation Pilot Project in New Mexico.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93980/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:06:46 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>PSB Orders New Case In Vermont Yankee Relicensing Request</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93967/psb-orders-new-case-in-vermont-yankee-relicensing/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Public Service Board has ordered that an entirely new
case be opened into Vermont Yankee's request for a new state operating
license. The decision is a response to the federal court decision that threw out the Legislature's
ability to block the relicensing of the nuclear power plant.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93967/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>House Advances New Vermont Yankee Tax </title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93928/house-advances-new-vermont-yankee-tax/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The Vermont House has advanced legislation
that hits the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant with a big tax increase. Supporters
say it works out about even for the Vernon reactor, because other payments it makes to the state
are ending.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93928/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:06:17 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Yankee Protesters Turn To Song, Political Theater</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93875/yankee-protesters-turn-to-song-political-theater/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
More
than a thousand people gathered in Brattleboro Thursday to protest Vermont
Yankee's continued operation. The
protesters marched three miles from the Brattleboro common to the plant's headquarters. Some
walked on stilts, some carried signs. They sang, they acted, and even committed
civil disobedience.&nbsp; 


&nbsp;

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	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:34:39 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>At Least 130 Vermont Yankee Protesters Arrested</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93868/at-least-130-vermont-yankee-protesters-arrested/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
As many as 1,000 demonstrators gathered Thursday in Brattleboro to protest the continued operation of the Vermont
Yankee plant, and at least 130 of them were arrested for trespassing. 

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	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Newscast: March 22, 2012, 5:49 p.m.</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93874/newscast-march-22-2012-549-pm/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Newscast: March 22, 2012, 5:49 p.m.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93874/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Vermont Yankee Opponents Plan Brattleboro Demonstrations</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93861/vermont-yankee-opponents-plan-brattleboro-demonstr/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Opponents
of Vermont Yankee are disappointed that the nuclear power plant is still
generating electricity. But
they say they'll continue fighting to close it down.

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	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:04:12 -0400</pubDate>
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