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Old 02-20-2019, 12:09 AM   #101 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
I'm in agreement about nuclear. I haven't looked closely into why they're getting rid of Vermont Yankee, but I hope it wasn't just anti-nuclear sentiment.
Vermont Yankee was 42 years old and leaking radioactive material into the ground water when it was closed in 2014. It will cost $1.24 billion dollars to decommission. The utility only has about 1/2 that amount in their decommissioning trust fund so I expect in a few decades the public will get stuck with the bill.

https://www.reformer.com/stories/ver...-to-nrc,322448

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