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Friday, February 27, 2015

Another US Nuclear Plant Shuts Down

Another US Nuclear Plant Shuts Down

By EEnergy Informer
Anniversary Of Nuclear Disaster At Three Mile Island Marked Near The Site
Low demand, depressed wholesale prices & low cost shale gas are to blame  In late December 2014, Entergy Corp. announced that Yankee nuclear power plant would cease operation after 42 years of service during which it generated 171 billion kWhrs of carbon-free electricity – more than 70% of Vermont’s electricity total demand since 1972. Bill

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