“The People’s NRC is now in session” at Vermont Yankee

When the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave a twenty-year license extension to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power station just ten days into the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, they melted down their public credibility as well.

This was made clear at the outset of a public meeting convened by NRC’s in Brattleboro, VT on May 25, 2012 for its annual “public safety assessment” of Vermont’s twin design to Japan’s exploded radioactive wreckage.  The tables were literally turned on the Nuclear Rubberstamp Commission when a conscientious and disciplined citizenry took control of the process by nonviolent demonstration.

Update on June 29, 2012 by admin

The grannies were the first to take over!