There have been several letters published recently by folks wondering why Vermont Yankee's employees always cite economics and jobs. I submit this letter in response to those who may truly wonder.
The answer is quite simple. As VY employees, we think some things are self-evident. We know the plant is safe and the work we do is meaningful, or we wouldn't work there, we wouldn't have our families living close by, and we wouldn't put our children in the schools across the road or the river.
Yes, we want to keep working here, because we know that the care we administer via thousands of hours of maintenance and upgrades makes this plant one of the most reliable in the nation.
Can we find jobs elsewhere? Yes, we can. But we have roots here. We love the community we live in as well as the job we work at. Our ability to find other work is beside the point.