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Looming Sale, Big Questions: The Latest From Vermont Yankee

Many questions remain about the proposed sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. We're looking at all the latest developments on this "Vermont Edition."
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Many questions remain about the proposed sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. We're looking at all the latest developments on this "Vermont Edition."

Many questions still remain about the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, as the plant's potential sale undergoes various forms of review. 

Meanwhile developments continue, with work on the storage of spent radioactive fuel, new assessments of environmental impact and new involvement from the Elnu Abenaki Tribe, who consider the site part of their ancestral homeland.

To talk about all these issue, we're joined by Mike Faher, who reports for VTDigger, the Brattleboro-based weekly paper The Commons and the Brattleboro Reformer.

Broadcast live on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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