Nuclear Free Vermont by 2012 is a grassroots, all-volunteer association of citizens committed to closing the Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee power reactor in Vernon, Vermont when its license expires in 2012.

NFV's position is that nuclear power is not "clean" or "safe" as the publicity spin of the nuclear industry claims.  How can it be "clean" when it produces lethal radioactive waste that will be dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years and for which scientists have not yet found a permanent solution?

If nuclear power were "safe", why would all the towns surrounding the reactor need an Evacuation Plan that requires hundreds of  hours from local officials and volunteers for meetings, trainings and drills, a Plan that many citizens doubt would work if there were a serious accident in Vernon? 

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