Vermont Yankee reactor rocked by election day results!

Less than two weeks after Vermont Yankee (VY) sprung yet another radioactive leak from aged, degraded systems, the headlines in the Brattleboro Reformer hold huge implications for the future -- or lack thereof -- of the highly controversial, nearly 40-year old reactor: "Dubie Concedes to Shumlin." Democrat Peter Shumlin, who led last February's 26 to 4 victory in the Vermont State Senate to block VY's 20 year license extension, defeated pro-nuclear Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie in Vermont's gubernatorial race on Nov. 2nd. Another headline, "VY eminent domain issue gets nod," referred to the fact that Vermont Yankee, located in Vernon, even lost a referendum in its backyard when nearby Brattleboro voters approved a measure urging the state to study the potential to take over and shut down VY. Entergy Nuclear's response to all this bad news about VY's future prospects? "Entergy to put Vermont Yankee on market"!