Vermonters and the nuke a history of the power debate
A seventeen year profile of Vermont Yankee and the growing public dispute over the plant. It recounts the birth of the AEC, the push for peaceful use, the Rowe and Vernon facilities, and the emergence of local groups CSSV NECNP and Committees for Survival. It outlines thermal pollution, radioactivity concerns, plant safety, and regulatory tensions amid citizen activism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Breslow
Earth
U.S. Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Congress
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
JCAE
David E. Lilienthal
Washington Monument
Eisenhower
Yankee Atomic Plant
Rowe
Mass
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Green Mountain Power Corp
Vermont
Quebec
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Haddam Neck
Waterford
Conn
Albert A. Cree
Rutland
CVPSC
Vermont Yankee
Cree
Central Vermont Public Services Corp
New England
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Brattleboro Federal Courthouse
Beatrice Brown
Brattleboro
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
James L. Oakes
AEC Licensing Board
Stratton Conservation Society
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
CSSV
Connecticut River Valley
Vernon
Committee For Survival
Bennington
LMFBR
Easton
N.Y
Anti-Pollution League
Environmental League of the
Environmental League
Connecticut River
Gerry James
Larry Bogart
Chemical Company
Committees For Survival
Marlboro
Council On Environmental Quality
Umass
Amherst
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution
NECNP
Esther Poneck
Putney
Albert Cree
Harvey D. Carter
CSSW
Anthony Z. Roisman
Washington
State of
State Board of Health
Northern States Power Co
Minnesota
Les Phillips
Ernest Sternglass
University of Pittsburgh
Lawrence Radiation Lab
Livermore
Calif
Sternglass
John Gofman
Arthur Tamplin
Gofman
Gorman
Tamplin
Irving Lyon
Bennington College
Bennington College drama professor writes regional nuclear question article
Maurice Breslow of the Bennington College drama faculty expands his Quadrille project into a broader article on the college involvement in the nuclear power issue. He holds degrees from Cornell and Tufts, is a Yale Drama School doctoral candidate, has directed numerous productions, written children’s plays, and provided accompanying photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Breslow
Bennington College
Breslow
Cornell
Tufts
Yale Drama School
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Larry Keyes
Vermont Electric Power Co
Samuel W. Jensch
Safety and Licensing Board
Webster-Martin Co. Inc
Harvey Carter
Pownal
Vernon Dam
Water Resources Board
Dr. Lyon
Brookhaven Labs
California
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