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Another court has denied efforts by the state of Vermont to appeal federal regulators' decision to extend the license of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by the state related to water quality permitting during the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's...

In a statement Saturday, the state attorney general announced he has appealed a recent court decision that supports relicensing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. On Jan. 19, a federal district court judge ruled in favor of plant owner Entergy, which argued Vermont lacked the authority to force the...

Utility regulators in Vermont have signed off on an electricity purchase by Green Mountain Power that effectively moves its nuclear-sourced generation from the Vermont Yankee to the Seabrook plant out of state. Green Mountain and Seabrook owner NextEra Energy were required to submit the deal, announced...

Entergy has announced that after offering its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant up for sale, it has not found a buyer. As quoted in a press release issued late Wednesday, Entergy Wholesale Commodities President Richard Smith said, “although we received interest from a number of companies, the...

Five years after the application was submitted, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday granted a license extension to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. NRC announced the move March 10, but a staff shortage caused by the crises in Japan delayed the renewal’s issuance. The plant’s...

- Edited By Chris Reed - The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission voted in favor for allowing 36 other states to dispose of their LLW at the Waste Control Specialists (WCS) site in Texas. The 5-2 vote by the Commission came after last-minute legal maneuvering on Monday by the...

- Edited By Tom Lamar - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission is likely to make a decision today on whether Texas can accept radioactive waste from other states after a federal judge on Monday lifted a restraining order that prevented a commission from voting on the matter. Waste Control...

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board knocks down one of the last hurdles to final federal approval - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report by the Rutland Herald, The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has knocked down one of the last hurdles to final federal approval for another 20 years...