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	<title>Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance</title>
	<link>http://www.vyda.org</link>
	<description>VY - Dangerous, Dirty, and Expensive, Not for VT</description>
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		<title>Nukes are NOT a green alternative</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2008/01/27/nukes-are-not-a-green-alternative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2008/01/27/nukes-are-not-a-green-alternative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Not Jumping Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Eternal Fires
by Rebecca Solnit
Orion magazine; July/August 2007
orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/issue/300/
Chances are good, gentle reader, that you are going to have to sit next to someone in the coming year who will assert that nuclear power is the solution to climate change. What will you tell them? There’s so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary About VT Yankee on VPR by Philip Baruth</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/26/anti-nuke-commentary-on-vpr-by-philip-baruth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/26/anti-nuke-commentary-on-vpr-by-philip-baruth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Yankee Speak
by Philip Baruth
Tuesday September 25, 2007
VPR Commentary
(HOST) While the collapse of a water cooling tower at Vermont Yankee last month produced riveting news images, commentator Philip Baruth has been far more interested in the language arising from the event.
(BARUTH) Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been a big collector of political euphemisms and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Nuclear Dump Plan in Danger After Seismic Shock</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/26/us-nuclear-dump-plan-in-danger-after-seismic-shock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/26/us-nuclear-dump-plan-in-danger-after-seismic-shock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Nuclear Dump Plan in Danger After Seismic Shock

by Fred Attewill
Tuesday September 25, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The most expensive public works project in the US was today in
disarray after it emerged that a planned giant nuclear dump would be
located on a faultline.
Rock samples from deep within Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, showed that
the fault runs directly beneath the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grease</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/26/grease/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/26/grease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>VERMONT&#8217;S ENERGY FUTURE – WITHOUT NUKES!</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/20/vermonts-energy-future-%e2%80%93-without-nukes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/09/20/vermonts-energy-future-%e2%80%93-without-nukes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[*HELP THE STATE DECIDE ITS ENERGY FUTURE – WITHOUT NUKES! *
In October, a series of public workshops will be held in different towns to secure input about the future mix of electricity sources. At the end of each workshop, participants will vote on their preferred mix. The results will be presented to the legislature.
Therefore it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VT Yankee Shut Down!  3:12 PM 8/30/07</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/08/30/vt-yankee-taken-off-line-312-pm-83007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/08/30/vt-yankee-taken-off-line-312-pm-83007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the AP article below, an automatic shutdown of the VT Yankee reactor was initiated during routine testing of the steam valves today.
An independent safety assesment of the reactor is clearly imperative due to the continuing mechanical failures at the plant.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Automatically Amid Test
August 30, 2007: 05:12 PM EST
VERNON, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooling tower collapse at VT Yankee reactor</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/08/24/cooling-tower-collapse-at-vt-yankee-reactor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/08/24/cooling-tower-collapse-at-vt-yankee-reactor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
A Cooling Tower Collapse Raises Concerns about a New License for the Aging Vermont Yankee Reactor
After key components of a Vermont Yankee cooling tower fell to the ground Tuesday, members of Safe Power Vermont are saying &#8220;no&#8221; to renewing Entergy&#8217;s license to operate for another 20 years.
Safe Power Vermont - a coalition of experienced citizen, [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/08/03/41/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/08/03/41/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NUCLEAR POWER AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
WHY NUKES CAN’T SAVE THE PLANET
TOO MANY REACTORS; NOT ENOUGH CARBON REDUCTIONS
Major studies (from MIT, Commission on Energy Policy, and International Atomic Energy Agency, for example) agree that about 1,500-2,000 large new atomic reactors would have to be built for nuclear power to make any meaningful dent in greenhouse emissions.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VYDA mtg, Aug 28</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/07/25/vyda-mtg-aug-28/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/07/25/vyda-mtg-aug-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 28, 2007; 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ] Regular VYDA meeting
Unitarian Church, Main St., Montpelier 


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		<title>VYDA mtg, Aug 14</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/07/25/22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/07/25/22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 14, 2007; 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] VYDA meeting/ VYDA Ad Campaign phone bank
Tues., Aug 14, VPIRG office
5 pm (meeting)
6 pm (phone bank)

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		<title>Solar Roller Blog!</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/07/25/solar-rollers-leave-brat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/07/25/solar-rollers-leave-brat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 14, 2007 8:00 pm to September 1, 2007 8:00 pm. ] Look for the solar rollers blog to begin on August 15th! 


Aug 13, 2007
The Solar Rollers are leaving tomorrow for a two and a half week tour of Vermont, stopping in every corner and every county of the state to bring the message: It's time to close the dangerous, aging nuclear power plant in Vernon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanders: Stronger Inspections at Domestic Nuclear Reactors</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/29/sanders-stronger-inspections-at-domestic-nuclear-reactors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/29/sanders-stronger-inspections-at-domestic-nuclear-reactors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From  Rutland Herald
U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., is to introduce legislation today that he says would strengthen safety at nuclear reactors across the country.
Sanders said Tuesday he was introducing the bill on the anniversary of the accident at Three Mile Island, the country&#8217;s worst commercial nuclear disaster, to draw attention to the need for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Legislation Update: H.520 and S.94</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/29/vermont-legislation-update-h520-and-s94/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/29/vermont-legislation-update-h520-and-s94/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CAN
H.520 is finally up for hearings in Ways and Means Committee this week where they are looking at a couple of tax provisions. The main components of the bill will not change in that committee and we expect to see it come to a full floor vote in the house next week. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont&#8217;s attorney general joins VY complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/vermonts-attorney-general-joins-vy-complaint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/vermonts-attorney-general-joins-vy-complaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vermont has joined six other states in a petition to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission asking them to assess the vulnerability of spent nuclear fuel storage at reactors before they are allowed to extend their operating licenses.

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		<title>Attorney General Weighs in on Spent Fuel</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/attorney-general-weighs-in-on-spent-fuel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/attorney-general-weighs-in-on-spent-fuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Rutland Herald
MONTPELIER - The Vermont Attorney General&#8217;s office has added its  voice to six other states asking federal regulators to take into  account the safety of on-site storage for high-level radioactive  waste when they consider a license extension at Vermont Yankee  nuclear plant, among other reactors.
Monday was the deadline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Senate President Pro-Tem, Peter Shumlin, on Vermont Yankee.</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/vermont-senate-president-pro-tem-peter-shumlin-on-vermont-yankee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/vermont-senate-president-pro-tem-peter-shumlin-on-vermont-yankee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Vermont Daily Briefing

Shumlin: Well, here&#8217;s my position on Vermont Yankee, it&#8217;s so simple. I was raised in the county where they built the only nuclear power plant in Vermont. When we accepted that plant, against our better judgment, it was on one simple premise: that it would be closed down in 2012, and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activists walk across state to shut down Vermont Yankee</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/activists-walk-across-state-to-shut-down-vermont-yankee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/03/27/activists-walk-across-state-to-shut-down-vermont-yankee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 24, 2007 to April 1, 2007. ] The current schedule of the walk is as follows:

Get out and hear the stories and concerns of the walkers! Strategize with others from your community!
     * March 24, Greenfield, MA - 9 am walk, GCC parking lot, through Greenfield, 12:30 pm lunch at East Building Rm 111, 1:30 pm Raging Grannies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VT Supreme Court hears NEC v. VPSB</title>
		<link>http://www.vyda.org/2007/02/22/vt-supreme-court-hears-nec-v-vpsb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vyda.org/2007/02/22/vt-supreme-court-hears-nec-v-vpsb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 22, 2007; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] VT Supreme Court hears NEC v. VPSB on illegality of Uprate permit  (VPSB reversed it's original conditions for uprate approval, which  Entergy failed to meet,  without a public hearing process.)

when: Thursday, February 22, 11:00 AM

where: VT Law School, South Royalton, VT

Oakes Hall, 2d floor at the school's court room.]]></description>
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