(BOSTON) DEC 30 – AFTER 42 YEARS OF OPERATION SOUTHERN VERMONT’S 600-MEGAWATT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAS ENDED OPERATIONS.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM BOSTON.
THE DECOMMISSIONING OF VERMONT YANKEE LEAVES FOUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS REMAINING IN NEW ENGLAND. THE EXECUTIVES SAYING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS DIDN’T FIGURE INTO THEIR DECISION.
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SITE VICE PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER LAND SAYS THE ECONOMICS OF SHALE GAS IS WHY VERMONT YANKEE WAS SHUT.