Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Yankee_Nuclear_Power_Plant

This is the Boiling Water Reactor (Fukushima-design, built in 1972) that Vermont voted to shut down but in 2011 the Nuclear Regulator Commission renewed the permit on an additional 20 years.

It's had all kinds of accidents already.   One cause: rotting timer.   Go figure, the thing was built with wood in 1972.

Vermont Yankee.   It just looks like Fukushima.

Followup: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/vermont-yankee-nuke-plant-close-end-2014

 

 Entergy Corp., announced Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, it will shut down the nuclear power plant by end of 2014, ending a long legal battle with the state. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)