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Vermont court rules for town ballot resolution on nuclear plant closure

Vt. court: Town must allow Yankee resolution vote – BusinessWeek, 15 Sept 10, NEWFANE, Vt. A Vermont Superior Court judge has ruled that the Select Board in Brattleboro acted illegally when it blocked a resolution article related to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant from the town ballot.
A local anti-nuclear group had sought to get the town to pass a non-binding resolution calling on the state Legislature to use eminent domain as a way to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and force its owner, Entergy Corp., to clean up the site.

The court decision says the Select Board is required to allow the matter to go to a vote of the town’s residents. A lawyer for the group seeking the vote says it is pushing to have that happen on Election Day in November.

Vt. court: Town must allow Yankee resolution vote – BusinessWeek

September 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, radioactive, reactors