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3:46 A committee of the advisory panel monitoring the decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant held a meeting this week to get an update on federal nuclear waste policy and the potential ramifications for the Vermont plant. On January 11th, 2019 Entergy completed its sale of the Vernon facility to NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company. The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel created its Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee in December 2020 to keep track of federal spent fuel and disposal issues and create recommendations for the full panel.  At a me...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — A multimedia exhibit at 118 Elliot celebrates the completion of the Brattleboro Words Trail, a community project consisting of audio stories linked to places in and around Brattleboro. The public is invited to listen to these stories on their phones while viewing large, hand-carved clay maps commissioned for the Trail at “Exploring Our Storied Landscape: Brattleboro Words Trail Murals, Maps and Sound.” The multimedia exhibit opens on Friday, with an opening reception behind 118 Elliot from 4 to 8 p.m., during G...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami touched off three nuclear meltdowns and multiple hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, an ongoing nuclear disaster some scientists say will continue for the next 100 years. The Japanese government’s focus on an eventual summer Olympics in Tokyo despite the need for rebuilding and on-going radiation concerns is a contentious topic in and outside of Japan. On Sunday, March 21, from 4 to 5:30 pm, Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) will ...