This piece by John McLaughry, who by the way has a masters degree in nuclear engineering, is worth a read. There is a major effort by the anti-nuke gang to close Vermont Yankee making outrageous claims about plant safety. For those legislators who would close VY, here's where I stand:
My simple question to current and prospective solons is this: If you would vote in 2009 to close Vermont Yankee in 2012, you have an equal obligation to propose and support an affordable alternative for the foregone baseload power at comparable cost. Please tell me what that is.
If the answer is along these lines: Well, we need to/should/must develop clean, sustainable alternative sources like wind, solar, geothermal, etc., they are ignorant of the realities of near term electricity generation. Someday those sources will contribute measurably to our needs, but not within the next decade.
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