Ray Shadis

We have one chance to get VY cleanup right

We have one chance to get VY cleanup right

The life and history of the Vermont Yankee site run deeper than the foundations of the former nuclear power plant. The legacy of radioactive contamination, being permanent and wholly undeserved, should be minimized.

COVID-19 has reduced the hustle and bustle, letting us think about what is important - or, more correctly, reset our priorities. This is no small thing; in fact, a culture-quake may be necessary before we can adopt the entirely new relationship with nature that must happen if we are to stave off climate change.

To go from environmental thinking globally to acting locally, let's consider that one of Vermont's natural, historical treasures - 130 acres of Connecticut River waterfront in the little town of Vernon - is being scarified, dug up, and heaped with demolition debris.

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Appeals court ruling: A chilling effect on legislative deliberation

Good for you, Vermont. Good fight. Good expression of your love for Vermont and New England. Better to have loved and lost rather than to have never loved at all. It would take a chief executive or attorney general brave beyond the standard definition of political courage to attempt...

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VY report reveals flood vulnerability

It is so often the simple things that bring down complicated mechanisms. In a May 24 report, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee discovered a missing conduit seal, which opened below-grade electrical switch rooms to flooding via an exterior manhole chamber. It is likely that the missing seal was discovered during...

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