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Energy Net on 30 Mar 09It's on to the Vermont Senate for a bill that would require the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's owners to strengthen the fund set aside for dismantling the reactor when it stops operating. The House on Friday gave the decommissioning bill final passage on a 93-46 roll call vote. Gov. Jim Douglas opposes the bill, and 93 votes would leave backers of the two-thirds majority they would need to override a gubernatorial veto. Advertisement The bill would require Vermont Yankee owner Entergy Nuclear to pay more than $350 million into the decommissioning fund during the next decade.