[WestMALocals] Vermont Yankee Related Items

[Owen Broadhurst]

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August 1 & 2
       ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING BOARD HEARS V Y RELICENSING ARGUMENTS
       9-6pm, Multipurpose Room, Brattleboro Union High School, 131
Fairgrounds Rd, Brattleboro VT. The Atomic Safety & Licensing board will
hear Oral Arguments from all Interveners filing contentions against the
relicensing of Vermont Yankee (VY) nuclear power plant. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff will also present arguments. Most likely, the State of
Massachusetts will present in the morning and the State of Vermont will
present in the afternoon of August 1. The New England Coalition (NEC) will
present the whole of August 2. The Public is invited to attend and observe
but there will be no opportunity to comment. In addition, signs, banners,
posters, and displays are prohibited. Info: 339-5781 or NEC, 802-257-0336.

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August 6 to 9
       WALK FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE
       Rutland to Burlington VT. Citizens Awareness Network and Nipponzan
Myohoji are sponsoring a commemorative walk remembering the nuclear bombs
that the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 61 years ago, and the
catastrophic disaster of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 and the
accident at the Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1976. Walkers will
remember the victims who have suffered from the effects of the radioactive
fallout from these events and make the connections between the inherent
dangers of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Including Vermont Yankee
nuclear power plant, trying to relicense for 20 more years with a 20% power
increase over the original design capacity of this aging reactor. You are
welcome to join this walk for any amount of time.
       Citizens Awareness Network is a grassroots group, which has focused
since 1991 on creating a sustainable energy future by ending our dependence
on nuclear power. Info: 339-5781 or 625-6177 or Hattie Nestel, 978-249-6224,
mailto:Hattieshalom at verizon.net <Hattieshalom at verizon.net>,
www.nukebusters.org . Nipponzan Myohoji is
an international Buddhist order dedicated to world peace and nuclear
abolition. Info: 367-2202, mailto:drolma at comcast.net <drolma at comcast.net>.

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Sunday August 13 (Second Sundays)
       UNPLUG VERMONT YANKEE
       7-8pm, your home. Unplug all electrical appliances (including
refrigerator) for 1 hour on the second Sunday of each month. Called by
Citizens Awareness Network (CAN) to protest relicensing Vermont Yankee
nuclear power plant and let its owner, Entergy, know we want a green future.
In Massachusetts, the National Grid/Mass Electric gets 25% of its
electricity from Vermont Yankee. We can save 20-25% of our electrical use
through conservation and energy efficiencies, creating more jobs than the
nuke industry.
       CAN envisions a future of safety, prosperity, and health for all.
People generate their own electricity in their own homes and communities.
Local energy production creates local jobs. Renewable energy is integrated
into all of our buildings - our homes, businesses, schools, and public
buildings. It is easy for everyone to access sustainable and affordable
energy sources. Clean, efficient energy use is standard practice. Family
farms and locally owned businesses are the backbone of our communities and
we have what we need to provide for our future. Info: Deb Katz, 339-5781,
mailto:can at nukebusters.org <can at nukebusters.org>;
www.nukebusters.org/11.0.html.

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Owen R. Broadhurst
Candidate for State Representative
Third Hampden District
http://www.owenbroadhurst.org