BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of marching protesters have arrived in Brattleboro to oppose the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
Thursday marks the first day of the plant’s operation after its initial 40-year operating license expired a day earlier.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the plant a 20-year license extension, but the state of Vermont wants the plant to close.
Hundreds of protesters marched to the plant’s Brattleboro headquarters. A number of protesters were expected to trespass on Vermont Yankee property and be arrested on Thursday.
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