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SW: license extension process
'''Vermont Yankee''' is a nuclear power station owned by [[Entergy]] Nuclear. It is located in the town of Vernon, Vermont and generates 640 megawatts (MWe) of electricity.
==License extension==
In March 2008, the [[Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards]] suggested to the U.S. [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] that Vermont Yankee's operating license be extended from the current 2012 limit to 2032. "This summer there will be a hearing on the issue and the commission will likely reach its decision by late this year or early 2009. ... Vermont has a requirement that the state Legislature vote to give approval if Yankee is to keep operating," reported Vermont's ''Rutland Herald''. <ref>Louis Porter, "[http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080322/NEWS02/86609295/1003/NEWS02 Vt. Yankee receives nod for longer license]," ''Rutland Herald'' (Vermont), March 22, 2008.</ref>
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===References===
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===Articles===
* Christian Avard, "[http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/032007/NuclearWalk.shtml Activists roam state to shut down Vermont Yankee]", ''Vermont Guardian'', March 29, 2007.
* Terri Hallenbeck, "[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/NEWS02/712120304/1007/NEWS05 Report: Nuclear power paying less in tax]," ''Burlington Free Press'' (Vermont), December 17, 2007.
