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Lawmakers want Vermont Yankee to prove it has sufficient decommissioning funds
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Similar legislation last year drew a veto from Governor Jim Douglas.VPR News
Yankee decommissioning fund drops in value following Wall St. turmoil
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gaye Symington says she’s concerned that taxpayers could get stuck with hundreds of millions of dollars in clean up costs when the plant is eventually shut down.VPR News
Douglas administration rips Entergy reorganization plan
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Three weeks after Gov. Jim Douglas vetoed legislation seeking guarantees behind the Vermont Yankee decommissioning fund, his administration is raising its own questions about the financial stability of a proposed new owner for the nuclear plant.VPR News
Critics accuse Douglas of double standard on energy projects
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When Vermont Yankee’s license expires, the company won’t have enough money in a special fund to dismantle the plant. But the state has required wind energy companies to pay up front the full cost of decommissioning their projects. Wind advocates are saying there’s a double standard here.VPR News
Douglas vetoes Vermont Yankee decommissioning bill
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Governor Jim Douglas has vetoed a bill that would have required Vermont Yankee to guarantee there’s enough money to dismantle the nuclear plant when it shuts down. Douglas said the legislation would have forced Yankee to charge more for electricity. But Democrats pounced on the veto, and accused the governor of protecting Yankee’s out-of-state owners.VPR News
Shumlin says Democrats will make Yankee decommissioning a campaign issue
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One of the biggest issues still to be resolved at the Statehouse is whether or not Governor Jim Douglas is going to sign legislation dealing with the decommissioning fund for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.VPR News
NRC says Yankee may not be able to tap decommissioning fund
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Lawmakers learned recently that Vermont Yankee wants to divert a portion of its decommissioning fund to pay for storing used radioactive fuel. Now federal regulators say that may not be allowed.Vermont Edition
Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Fund
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The House has given final approval to a bill that says the owners of Vermont Yankee would have to make sure there’s enough money available to cover the full cost of dismantling the plant when it eventually ceases operation. Also in the program, VPR’s John Dillon joins Bob Kinzel to analyze the top stories at the Statehouse, and we listen back to the some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News