Decommissioning of the shuttered Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant could begin as early as next year under a memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month by Vermont state agencies, tribal leaders, environmental groups, plant owner Entergy and cleanup firm NorthStar, which plans to purchase and decommission the nuclear plant.
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) spokesman said the commission would likely decide on whether to transfer the license to NorthStar by the end of June. NorthStar and Entergy anticipate closing the deal by the end of 2018.