NUCLEAR: When a town loses its economic center
EnergyWire 2017-10-23
Summary:
VERNON, Vt. — Ask Tim Arsenault how life is changing in this tiny riverfront town, and he'll tell you about the little things: The cops dialed their 24-hour watch back to 20, the library's budget just got cut by a third, and the town office got rid of its custodian. Such small austerities are early signs of how the town of Vernon is adjusting to its biggest shake-up in decades: the shutdown of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.