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Spent fuel is the nuclear elephant in the room
The article discusses the unresolved issue of spent fuel from the decommissioned Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, which remains stored along the Connecticut River in Vernon. Howard Dean criticizes nuclear power advocates for ignoring the risk of high-level nuclear waste rupturing and contaminating towns in Vermont and Connecticut.
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