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NUCLEAR REACTION:

Community Response to a Proposed Nuclear Power Plant In

 Charlotte, Vermont

Copyright © 1998 - 2009, Nancy E. Wood 

Bibliography and Sources

Bergh, Peter, MS Harvard Planning and Landscape Architecture, first chairman of the 
Charlotte Planning Commission, 1967 - 1978, Charlotte resident, interview January 28, 
1998.

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Industry
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Burden, W. Douglas, extracts of a letter in an article entitled "Those Atomic Power 
Plants,"  Spring 1969, unknown journal (copy of pages 28 and 29 in Lake Champlain 
Committee files).

Burlington Free Press articles: "Low Cost Power Search, Out-of-State Electricity 
Prospects Dim" (January 5, 1965) ; "Champlain Atomic Studies Begin; No Decision Yet" 
(October 30, 1968);  "Atomic Plant Meet Tonight In Charlotte" (December 6, 1968; 
"CVPS To Buy Possible Site for Nuclear Plant" (December 7, 1968; "CVPS Considering 
Either Nuclear Or Fossil Fuel Plant in Charlotte" (December 17, 1968); "Charlotte 
Planning Group Votes Against Nuclear Power Plant" (January 20, 1969); "Charlotte 
Land and Investment, CVPS President Meredith Says" (April 10, 1969).

Candon, J. Dynan, son-in-law of Richard and Mary Thurber and in training program at 
Central Vermont Public Service as a nuclear electric generation specialist in 1967-68. 
Telephone interview April 27, 1998.

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Field, Mary, member of Charlotte Planning Commission during 1968 - 1970, Charlotte 
resident, interview March 21, 1998.

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on Lake Champlain" and  "Data Suggests Massive Degree of Thermal Pollution from 
Proposed Nuclear Plant", Newsletter,  Vol. 6 - No. 3, August 1969.

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August 1970.

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Plans," Newsletter, Vol.7. - No. 1, May 1970.

Lake Champlain Committee, "Lake Champlain Committee Will Oppose Construction of 
Nuclear Power Plants Anywhere on the Lake," full-page advertisement run on the back 
page of the Burlington Free Press, October 22, 1968. Reprints in files at Lyman P. Wood 
Resource Center.

Lake Champlain Committee, "Vermont Legislature Passes Landmark Bill to Control 
Power Plant Construction" and "Citizens Committee to Save Cayuga Lake Forces Utility 
To Postpone `Indefinitely' Plans To Build Nuclear Reactor On Cayuga Lake," 
Newsletter, Vol. 6 - No. 2, May 1969.

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Paine, Jr. (General Counsel), Bertrand T. Fay  (New York Co-Chairman), Lyman P. 
Wood (Secretary/Treasurer), Sarah T. Soule, John O. Outwater P.E., Howard Prentice, 
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Paolucci, Mary (Thurber), daughter of Richard and Mary Thurber, resident of  Charlotte 
in 1968, currently resides in Glover, VT.  Interview April 26, 1998.

Platt, Anne Baker, secretary of the Lake Champlain Committee from 1968 to the 1970's, 
and acting secretary at Charlotte Town Meetings and Special Town Meetings during the 
same time period, former Charlotte resident, telephone interview April 22, 1998.

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Riehle, Theodore M., Jr., Director of State Of Vermont Central Planning Office in 1969, 
Letter dated 5/12/69 to the Charlotte Planning Commission praising the newly adopted 
Charlotte Comprehensive Plan.

Ross, Charles, member International Joint Commission and Federal Power Commission 
during the 1960's, former resident of Burlington and Hinesburg,interview April 20, 1998.
 
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Nuclear Power
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Spear, William O., member Charlotte Planning Commission during 1968 - 1970, 
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Plan", Washington Post, May 14, 1969. (Lake Champlain Committee files)

Wheeler, William L., member of Charlotte Planning Commission during 1968 - 1970, 
Charlotte resident, telephone interview March 22, 1998.

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