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Officials Fear Vermont Could Be Home To Nuclear Waste

5 WPTZ.com February 27, 2009 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Officials in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York say a federal rule change could mean used nuclear fuel will be stored for decades on the site of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.

The attorneys general from the three states say the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rule change is unsupported by science and history and violates the National Environmental Protection Act.

The NRC’s proposed rule change would allow spent nuclear fuel to be stored on the site until a permanent disposal facility can reasonably be expected to be available. But Vermont officials said it could be decades, if ever, before a long-term storage facility for spent waste is open. http://www.wptz.com/news/18811594/detail.html

March 2, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes