Photo via NRC Just a week ago, Obama announced that the first nuclear reactor to be built in the US in over 30 years was receiving an $8 billion loan guarantee. Today, Vermont has voted to shut down its only nuclear plant because of revelations

that it was leaking radioactive tritium into the ground, and that the plant’s operators lied to regulators about its safety. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Vermont Shutters Only Nuclear Plant Due to Radioactive Waste Leakage