/tags/vermont-yankee Vermont Yankee en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:53:31 GMT /local-news/2024-06-17/us-department-of-energy-says-spent-nuclear-fuel-could-remain-in-vernon-until-2046 Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy gave a presentation to the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee on the status of its plans to remove the spent nuclear fuel from the former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:53:31 GMT /local-news/2024-06-17/us-department-of-energy-says-spent-nuclear-fuel-could-remain-in-vernon-until-2046 Howard Weiss-Tisman /local-news/2023-10-12/former-vermont-yankee-nuclear-plant-has-one-building-left-to-demolish The former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is on track to be decommissioned ahead of schedule as only one building remains. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:27:15 GMT /local-news/2023-10-12/former-vermont-yankee-nuclear-plant-has-one-building-left-to-demolish Howard Weiss-Tisman /show/vermont-edition/2022-09-29/a-reporter-tours-vermont-yankee-witnesses-the-dismantling-of-a-nuclear-power-plant Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with reporter Susan Smallheer, who recently toured Vermont Yankee and wrote an update on its decommissioning for the Bennington Banner. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:36:44 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-09-29/a-reporter-tours-vermont-yankee-witnesses-the-dismantling-of-a-nuclear-power-plant Mikaela Lefrak, Matthew F Smith /vpr-news/2019-10-26/decommissioning-test-northstar-uses-vermont-yankee-as-launch-pad-for-other-power-plant-jobs The company that's tearing down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant hopes to use its experience to bid on similar jobs around the country. To do that,â€� Sat, 26 Oct 2019 12:44:46 GMT /vpr-news/2019-10-26/decommissioning-test-northstar-uses-vermont-yankee-as-launch-pad-for-other-power-plant-jobs Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-10-03/vernon-business-owner-wants-to-purchase-vermont-yankee-property A Vernon business owner says he wants to buy the Vermont Yankee property after the shuttered nuclear reactor there is decommissioned.Mike Renaud isâ€� Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:46:22 GMT /vpr-news/2019-10-03/vernon-business-owner-wants-to-purchase-vermont-yankee-property Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-04-30/as-nuclear-waste-piles-up-private-companies-pitch-new-ways-to-store-it Nuclear power plants around the country are running out of room to store spent fuel. Federal plans for a permanent disposal site are stalled, so private companies come up with their own solutions. Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2019-04-30/as-nuclear-waste-piles-up-private-companies-pitch-new-ways-to-store-it Jeff Brady /vpr-news/2019-04-23/this-vermont-town-took-a-big-hit-when-its-nuclear-plant-closed Vermont Yankee closed five years ago, and its host community of Vernon has had a rough adjustment to its new social and economic reality. There may be lessons for Plymouth as Pilgrim sets to close. Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:49:00 GMT /vpr-news/2019-04-23/this-vermont-town-took-a-big-hit-when-its-nuclear-plant-closed /vpr-news/2018-12-06/vermont-yankee-transfer-approved-northstar-will-decommission-plant State utility regulators have approved the transfer of the closed Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to NorthStar, a demolition company that has has committedâ€� Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:45:57 GMT /vpr-news/2018-12-06/vermont-yankee-transfer-approved-northstar-will-decommission-plant John Dillon /vpr-news/2018-11-15/vernon-gets-ready-for-life-beyond-vermont-yankee Vernon has a lot at stake in the proposed sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.When the plant was running, the town’s economicâ€� Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:17:33 GMT /vpr-news/2018-11-15/vernon-gets-ready-for-life-beyond-vermont-yankee Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2018-10-12/nrc-approves-vermont-yankee-license-transfer The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the license transfer for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.The approval by federal regulators to allowâ€� Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:19:56 GMT /vpr-news/2018-10-12/nrc-approves-vermont-yankee-license-transfer Howard Weiss-Tisman