Ann Darling
The catastrophe is far from over
On March 11, 10 years will have passed since the terrible tsunami and meltdowns of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in Japan.
The catastrophe is far from over. In fact, most of the impossible problems the world faced on the day of the event have yet to be solved. The reality is that the radiation continues to be at too high a level for decontamination experts to clean up.
Fukushima, four years later
What can we learn about the potential dangers of spent nuclear fuel here, in the shadow of Vermont Yankee?
March 11 marks the four-year anniversary of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in Japan. That's when an earthquake and tsunami damaged the facilities' cooling systems to the extent that the hot radioactive fuel melted, burned, and exploded, causing massive radiation releases. Radiation damages human, animal, and...
As you read ‘Namie,’ think ‘Brattleboro’
We could well be allowing a future Fukushima to unfold right here
Anniversaries are times to celebrate or commemorate, to take stock and look ahead. March 11 is the second anniversary of the first day of nuclear meltdowns that continue to this day at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan. It is also the anniversary of the first day...
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Show support for public officials’ VY stand on Saturday
I urge all Vermonters to join our neighbors from Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Saturday, April 14, from noon to 2 p.m., at a public rally on the Town Common in Brattleboro to support the efforts of Vermonters and our elected representatives to close and decommission the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in Vernon. Vermont Yankee's original 40-year federal license has expired, and it is operating under a state Certificate of Public Good that has been extended only because its Louisiana-based...
Evan, your dad is not a monster
This is an open letter to Evan Twarog, who is 14 years old and lives in Keene, and whose dad works at Vermont Yankee. Evan wrote a letter to The Commons [“What is my family going to do if VY shuts down?” Nov. 16] in which he said that his dad isn't “the monster that the media and anti-VY groups make him and other VY employees out to be.” Evan said that if VY closes, their life will change, and...
Brattleboro does fund programs for Deaf, hard of hearing
In the March 16 edition, an article about the informational meeting prior to the Brattleboro Town Meeting reported that “District 2 representative Mary Cain spoke out against the [Town Human Services Review] committee's decision not to fund organizations supporting the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community in southern Vermont.... She said that the lack of funding effectively said to the estimated 1,500 Deaf and hard-of-hearing community members in the area that, 'we're not agreeing to help these people be independent and to...