CAN Organizes and Supports Monthly Actions at Vermont Yankee
Since November '05, people have committed to a series of actions at Vermont Yankee's corporate headquarters and at the reactor site itself. Some have acted once; others have acted many times and still others have formed affinity groups that have escalated their non violent actions to attempt to force the state to not just arrest them but to prosecute them.The state has choosen to silence them by refusing to allow them their day in court. CAN joined with other groups like Vemont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance to organize a fall parade through downtown Brattleboro with Bread and Puppet and an action at the corporate headquarters. In February'07 made and dropped a banner off the roof of VY's corporate headquarters. In March '07 the Shut It Down Affinity group took their action to the gates of Vermont Yankee. This was the first protest at any reactor in America post 9/11. Women left effigies of themselves, spray painted danger signs on the tarmark leading to the gates, and chained themselves across the driveway on three seperate occasions. |
Since November 2005 CAN organized and supported monthly actions to protest Vermont Yankee's continued operation. After NRC approved a 20% uprate for the aged reactor, a group of women organized an action to express their outrage over NRC's decision to support Entergy's drive for profits over the health and safety of the community. These women's courage and dedication galvanized others to act.
