The Debate over Re-Licensing the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

The Debate over Re-Licensing the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

In 2009, the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board approved a 20-year license extension for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant. Less than seven months later, the Vermont State Senate voted 26-4 to block the required certificate for public good. How did a plant seen as likely to be re-lice...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Electricity journal 2010-05, Vol.23 (4), p.59-67
Hauptverfasser: Watts, Richard, Hines, Paul, Dowds, Jonathan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Atomic power plants
Blocking
Decision-making
Electricity
Legislatures
LICENSES
LICENSING
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear power generation
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear safety
PUBLIC OPINION
SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
Vermont
VERMONT YANKEE REACTOR
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Zusammenfassung:In 2009, the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board approved a 20-year license extension for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant. Less than seven months later, the Vermont State Senate voted 26-4 to block the required certificate for public good. How did a plant seen as likely to be re-licensed become the first in 20 years to be rejected in a public vote?
ISSN:1040-6190
1873-6874
DOI:10.1016/j.tej.2010.04.005