New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution

04/15/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 14, 2026
Contact: Tony Leshinskie, State Nuclear Engineer
(802) 272-1714
[email protected]

MEDIA RELEASE

April 20, 2026 Meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee Announced; Committee to Continue Discussions of Potential Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Department of Energy (DOE) Policy Changes and Reorganizations Resulting from Recent Trump Administration Executive Orders

Montpelier, VT – The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy (FNWP) Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will meet on Monday, April 20, 2026, from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM. As permitted by ACT 133 of the 2024 Vermont Legislature, this meeting will be conducted solely as a webcast and teleconference. Members of the public may join the meeting webcast via the following Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84989288210?pwd=S3NEYnNEcWI3VEhGUWZ0bHdodWttQT09
Meeting ID: 849 8928 8210
Passcode: uRMzy5 (this code is case-sensitive)

This is the same weblink / webcast session typically used for VT NDCAP full panel Meetings.

While the weblink will broadcast both the video and audio portions of the webcast, the meeting audio will also be available from the following teleconference connection:

To join VT NDCAP meetings audio by telephone
(suggested for those with poor / limited internet connectivity):
Phone number: (646) 558-8656 -or- (301) 715-8592
Meeting ID #: 849 8928 8210
Audio Passcode: 848854

At this meeting, the Committee will continue discussions from its February 2, 2026 meeting regarding announced changes in NRC and DOE spent nuclear fuel policies resulting from the several 2025 Trump Administration Executive Orders affecting federal nuclear power-related policies. Meeting discussions will likely extend to the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses program announced by the DOE in late January.

The April 20, 2026 FNWP Committee meeting is scheduled to run from 12 Noon to 1 PM. Opportunities for public questions and comments will be available. Written questions and comments for the Committee members or the meeting speakers are encouraged and may be submitted to VT NDCAP’s email address at [email protected]. This email address can also be used for questions and replies after the meeting or anytime.

All emails sent to the Committee become public record and may be published on the VT NDCAP website (https://publicservice.vermont.gov/electric/ndcap) or the Committee’s webpage.

Questions regarding the April 20th FNWP Committee meeting or any other VT NDCAP meeting may be directed to State Nuclear Engineer Tony Leshinskie via the contact information noted above.

The 19 member Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT-NDCAP) was established to serve as a conduit for public information and education, to encourage open communication and community involvement in matters related to the decommissioning process of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Powe....

02/09/2026

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Nuclear Power: Debunked a special webinar on Tuesday February 10th from 5:30-7pm (ET) featuring Paul Gunter, Deb Katz and Arnie Gundersen. Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fmeet%2F26203028565433%3Fp%3DYQWEbVVebMuvQOKn94%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meet&deeplinkId=ea90aa55-cc69-4982-a247-b008538d0376&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true

02/01/2026

MEDIA RELEASE

February 2, 2026 Meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee Announced; Committee to Discuss Potential Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Department of Energy (DOE) Policy Changes Resulting from Recent Trump Administration Executive Orders

Montpelier, VT – The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy (FNWP) Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will meet on Monday, February 2, 2026 from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM. As permitted by ACT 133 of the 2024 Vermont Legislature, this meeting will be conducted solely as a webcast and teleconference. Members of the public may join the meeting webcast via the following Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84989288210?pwd=S3NEYnNEcWI3VEhGUWZ0bHdodWttQT09
Meeting ID: 849 8928 8210
Passcode: uRMzy5 (this code is case-sensitive)

This is the same weblink / webcast session typically used for VT NDCAP full panel meetings.

While the weblink will broadcast both the video and audio portions of the webcast, the meeting audio will also be available from the following teleconference connection:

To join VT NDCAP meetings audio by telephone
(suggested for those with poor / limited internet connectivity):
Phone number: (646) 558-8656 -or- (301) 715-8592
Meeting ID #: 849 8928 8210
Audio Passcode: 848854

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01/05/2026

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01/04/2026

Our website is down but we are open! Please watch this site for any updates until the website glitch is resolved!! And of course, websites and phone numbers are linked these days so it’s coming to my attention our phone number is also not going through so please reach out to us on Facebook or through snail mail should you need to reach us in the interim thank you.

My personal email is [email protected] as well!

11/14/2025

November 17, 2025 Meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee Announced; Daniel Stetson, Chair of San Onofre’s Citizens Engagement Panel, will discuss efforts to have San Onofre’s spent nuclear fuel inventory moved from the decommissioned plant’s ocean-front storage.

Montpelier, VT – The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy (FNWP) Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will meet on Monday, November 17, 2025 from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM. As permitted by ACT 133 of the 2024 Vermont Legislature, this meeting will be conducted solely as a webcast and teleconference. Members of the public may join the meeting webcast via the following Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84989288210?pwd=S3NEYnNEcWI3VEhGUWZ0bHdodWttQT09
Meeting ID: 849 8928 8210
Passcode: uRMzy5 (this code is case-sensitive)

This is the same weblink / webcast session that is normally used for VT NDCAP Full Panel Meetings.

While the weblink will broadcast both the video and audio portions of the webcast, the meeting audio will also be available from the following teleconference connection:

To join VT NDCAP meetings audio by telephone
(suggested for those with poor / limited internet connectivity):
Phone number: (646) 558-8656 -or- (301) 715-8592
Meeting ID #: 849 8928 8210
Audio Passcode: 848854

At this meeting, Dan Stetson, Chair of the Community Engagement Panel for the decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), will discuss the Engagement Panel’s efforts to have the SONGS spent fuel inventory moved offsite. (Much like VT-NDCAP, the SONGS Community Engagement Panel serves as a conduit for public information and community involvement regarding the plant’s decommissioning.)

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05/07/2025

noice of the VT NDCAP mtg can be found here. Online attendance only so even if you are not local to Southern VT please consider attending!

5-12-25
6pm

The 19 member Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) was established by Act 179 of the 2014 Vermont legislative session to replace the seven-member Vermont State Nuclear Advisory Panel (VSNAP) that had been in place while Vermont Yankee produced electricity.  Act 54 of...

06/14/2024

The next NDCAP Fed Nuclear Waste Policy committee meeting will be Monday June 17 noon to 1pm. Officials from the US Department of Energy will be available to discuss long-term planning and technologies that could potentially be used for monitoring spent nuclear fuel storage cannister integrity, since it is anticipated that the spent fuel could remain at the VY site for several decades (and potentially longer). Funding for long-term spent fuel storage may also be discussed. I will also report on findings gleaned from a national RadWaste Summit I attended in early June. Details for connectivity follow:

The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will hold its next regular meeting on Monday, June 17, 2024 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM. A hybrid format will be used for this meeting. In accordance with Vermont Open Meeting Law, the following physical location will be available for those wishing to attend this meeting in-person:

Governor Hunt House
Small Meeting Room (1st Floor, rear of the building)
320 Governor Hunt Road
Vernon, VT 05354

Limited parking is available in the lot next to the Governor Hunt House along Vermont Yankee Drive. Additional parking is available across the street in front of Vernon Elementary School.

Remote access for this meeting will be available via a Microsoft Teams webcast and teleconference.

Instructions for joining VT NDCAP webcasts are available from the following links:

https://publicservice.vermont.gov/sites/dps/files/documents/Logging_into_MS_Teams.pdf

https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/teams-meeting-toolbar-guide

Meeting ID: 219 455 202 503
Passcode: NP9acz (code is case-sensitive)

This is the same weblink used for FNWP Committee meetings since September 2023. While this weblink will broadcast both the video and audio portions of the webcast, the meeting audio will also be available from the following new teleconference connection:

(802) 552-8456 - OR - (802) 828-7228
Phone Conference ID: 363 695 177 #

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05/21/2024

In case you missed it : Broadcast nationally yesterday on Free Speech TV, "The New Nuclear Push with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psPv71EODOE
Aired on nearly 200 cable TV systems in 40 states and the major satellite TV networks, Dish, DirecTV, Sling, Roku, etc. -- Enviro Close-Up #689 The New Nuclear Push with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Part 1 “We are up against the biggest push for nuclear power that I’ve ever experienced in 32 years of anti-nuclear power activities,” says Kevin Kamps of the organization Beyond Nuclear. Kamps refutes the claim of the nuclear industry that nuclear power is carbon-free. “It’s not true. It’s not carbon-free by any means,” he says, and “not even low carbon when you compare it to genuinely low carbon sources of electricity, renewables like wind and solar.” But the nuclear industry is involved in a “propaganda campaign” attempting to validate itself by citing climate change. He speaks of many in government having “fallen for this ploy.” He discusses the move now to restart the long-troubled Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, “closed for good reason” by its owner Entergy in 2022. It’s current owner, Holtec, wants to restart this “Zombie reactor” and keep it operating until 2051. And Holtec is receiving billions of dollars in federal and state “bailouts” for this. Kamps tells of the hundreds of billions of U.S. government dollars now or soon going to nuclear power and identifies specific pieces of enabling legislation. And he talks about the extension of the Price-Anderson Act to 2065. The l957 act limits liability from losses from injury, death and property damage caused by a nuclear plant accident, originally for 10 years—until, as “introductory language of the 1957 bill” said, the industry got on its “own two feet.” Now under Price-Anderson, liability would be limited to no more than $16 billion although “estimates of damages” from the Fukushima catastrophe “have reached out to the $600 billion range.” Price-Anderson would continue until 2065—or rather than 10 years, notes Kamps, for 108 years. He tells of how the nuclear and fossil fuel industries “have done their best to sabotage renewable energy because they don’t want the competition.” Yet still, “solar and wind are growing by leaps and bounds.”

Enviro Close-Up #689 The New Nuclear Push with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Part 1 “We are up against the biggest push for nuclear power that I’ve ever expe...

03/21/2024

Reducing the number of radiation safety technicians, facility coordinators, and mechanics at Seabrook Station won’t add any risk to the community in case of an emergency, according to NextEra.