As states like Vermont push for more say in nuclear-plant decommissioning, an industry group is pushing back. Rod McCullum, a senior director at the Washington, D.C.-based Nuclear Energy Institute, says the state’s demands for more public input and more financial regulation could have a negative effect on cleanup efforts at plants like Vermont Yankee. During a March 30 visit to Brattleboro, McCullum also said the state’s concerns about being left with a big bill at Vermont Yankee are unfounded. Current...
I wonder how many of the pro-nuclear letters that have been appearing in The Commons and in he Reformer lately were written by people who work for Entergy, or who otherwise have a financial stake in keeping Vermont Yankee open. Al Blakley writes in his letter in the Sept. 13 issue of the Reformer: “Three Mile Island [TMI] was the worst disaster in U.S. nuclear history. It experienced a complete core meltdown, yet had no long term impact to the...
Sarah Freeman has been appointed director of exhibitions of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC). In her new role, Freeman will oversee the artistic and curatorial facets of the museum's contemporary art exhibitions. She will also continue to manage the production of those exhibitions, which she has done as BMAC's exhibitions manager since 2015. Freeman's appointment coincides with the impending retirement of longtime BMAC Chief Curator Mara Williams. “Sarah will bring the perfect combination of expertise, experience, empathy, curiosity,
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