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...Dominion’s Kewaunee plant in Wisconsin was shut down in May 2013, and Entergy’s Vermont Yankee ceased operating at the end of last year....
...The two decisions that really rattled the industry were the closures of Dominion Resources’ Kewaunee plant in Wisconsin and Entergy’s Vermont Yankee in Vermont....
...The financial pressures on the US nuclear industry caused by the shale gas boom claimed another plant on Tuesday, as Entergy Corporation announced the closure of its Vermont Yankee reactor in the northeast...
...On Tuesday the power producer Entergy said it would shut down its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, the most recent in a string of such closures....
...“This was an agonising decision,” said Leo Denault, Entergy’s chairman and chief executive, when the Louisiana-based utility announced in August it would shut down its 41-year-old plant Vermont Yankee next...
...According to Citi: In our view, Entergy is the most at-risk name under this scenario, as their two merchant plants at Vermont Yankee and Indian Point were undergoing significant political/regulatory relicensing...
...Entergy’s Yankee plant in Vermont had applied for a 20-year extension to keep it open once its original 40-year operating licence expired in two years....
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