States' rights and the NRC

April 27, 2011, 6:00AMANS Nuclear CafeMeredith Angwin

View from VermontIn March, Entergy's Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant received a 20-year license extension from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the NRC extension ends in 2032. Vermont's legislature, however, voted last year to shut down the plant in 2012, when its state certificate runs out.