The Vermont Senate is slated to vote today (Wednesday) whether to extend the license of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant past 2012. Here’s a Free-Press story. All the recent bad news, especially the fact that the company didn’t admit to past leaks of radioactive tritirum, seem to have tilted the odds (which were once well in its favor) against the plant. From the story:

Vermont is the only state where the Legislature has a role in deciding a nuclear power plant’s future. Today’s vote likely will not end debate regarding Vermont Yankee’s future, as the Legislature could take another vote sometime before 2012, and there could be challenges to the Legislature’s authority in the matter.

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