But should we forget about Chernobyl or consider it irrelevant to
Vermont's nuclear energy future? Take a look at some of the stories of
people who experienced Chernobyl and then decide:
http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl.
These are the towns in which citizens would face similar challenges to
the Chernobyl catastrophe if nuclear radiation is not contained, with
total vigilance for thousands of years, at the Vernon reactor. (Vermont
Yankee's power comes from the same nuclear reactor and produces the
same contaminated nuclear waste as all nuclear reactors.)
Towns in Vermont Yankee's immediate evacuation zone: Brattleboro,
Brookside, Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, Marlboro, Newfane,
Putney, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Westminster, Whitingham,
Wilmington.
Chesterfield, Fitzwilliam, Gilsum, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough,
Richmond, Roxbury, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, Walpole, Westmoreland,
Winchester.
Athol, Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway,
Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden,
Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Royalton, Shelburne,
Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell.
Ben Falk
Moretown
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