Welch bill would compensate nuclear fuel communities

A tracked transporter vehicle nicknamed “Cletus” slowly moves a loaded cask of spent fuel at Vermont Yankee. Photo courtesy of EntergyVERNON – Regardless of how quickly Vermont Yankee is decommissioned, Vernon will be stuck with the plant’s spent nuclear fuel for the foreseeable future.
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., thinks that hardship should be worth some money — by his formula, potentially more than $18 million a year.
Welch has teamed with a Connecticut congress