i understand that a firm on doesn't know how to lead the world in getting off drug addiction to oil and moving to a global energy as fast as possible the planet will be unlivable for organisms like . i used to say let's shut down vermont yankee in 2012 meet the promise that we made huge sure that initially she cleans up the mass and much of our governor who's going to move us to removal energy and move to his chain energy future let's vote for change on november 2nd thank you so much. peter shumlin. do solemnly swear that i will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. where there will be true and faithful to the state of vermont.

federal regulators now say that vermont yankee is fit to be open for another 20 years or gina bowler joins us now with the latest on this gina kristen late this afternoon in a conference call that n.r.c. clear regulatory commission and now said they voted to extend vermont includes license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue is includes a new license in a matter of. under vermont law the public service board and the legislature must also approve a license extension. tonight

on nightline a nuclear emergency a massive new exposure rocks a crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the greatest fears yet radiation catastrophe and a new wave of a back to a should. fall out of risk reactor up in smoke how dangerous radiation leaks can be

a plant located on a seismic fault the smoldering disaster zone the latest challenge at the fukushima daiichi site a fire in the number 4 reactor that's right down here in the area just near the room where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored this term for the worse in reactor 4 after a day in which there was some evidence japan might finally be making some small progress as it struggles with the worst nuclear crisis since turned old. let's assess the risk with arnie gundersen he's a nuclear safety advocate who consults with vermont state government about the mont blanc nuclear plant mr gundersen is joining us on the telephone sir based on what you have heard this is reactor number 4 there was a fire there the other day what does that tell you mr gundersen i learned from my sources that the radiation levels in the 4th reactor are so high that they've had to evacuate the personnel from there what that indicates is that the fuel pool is running out of order and if the personnel are not there to keep that refill. well

it doesn't surprise me that radiation levels are increasing dramatically if the wind turns and goes the other way. i would suspect contamination not just in japan but but potentially korea and china as well almost time to they have before this is catastrophic it can boil dry in a day so they have you know on the order of 24 hours to straighten it out arnie gundersen is a very sober assessment we appreciate your expertise you've had experience building these spent fuel rods checks and we appreciate your expertise tonight i can't say i enjoy what i'm hearing but i'm glad we're getting it from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much.

i showed angry i felt scared but felt very sad when i heard about fukushima because of the people there who were displaced and because of the contamination of our world environment. those folks had to evacuate and god knows for how long i love this place i love where i live i don't want that to happen here. i don't want to see this beautiful paradise destroyed like that. in the united states there's 23 general electric mark one reactors identical to fukushima daiichi for mining he came on line almost. to

fukushima daiichi you know what. they have the same design. the same reactor same contractors worked on them and the same flaws and weaknesses. of containment structure designed to hold in all the radioactivity after an accident is too small by $986.00 the nuclear regulatory commission had determined there were 85 percent probability that the containment would blow up and fail in the event of a meltdown. so much hydrogen gas would be released that the containment would be blown to smithereens all of the radioactivity inside it would be released to the public. show decided to percent 3 of. the regulators have known that this design isn't capable of withstanding an accident since it was built . during the middle of the crisis and focus she went to each. one of the key

regulators that the n.r.c. got in chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. well of a source containment in the world why are we keeping 23 of them running here in america. the actual szymon daiichi was caused by an earthquake and the tsunami. but really at the root of it was that the earthquake knocked out the off site power and that the tsunami knocked out the cooling more pumps on warming the ocean. that can happen anywhere you can lose offsite power from the storm or from a tourist action and you can lose the pumps they call the plant from the same exact cause so we don't need a tsunami we don't need an earthquake to cause that kind of a damage in an american nuclear plant.

i'm here because i think this is very dangerous we're facing the end of life as planned it. that. when i heard that sent a shape that it up i was devastated. i thought i've got to get erik at yankee because it's 10 child fukushima.

well or. we would like to believe it's your choice because you've. done everything that i know to do and have left my body. in the way just say no. we will definitely be doing it together again. name in a women a women. after me when people ask me how many times have been arrested and i say not.

the afternoon. today entergy sued the state of vermont in u.s. district court. lawsuit claims that vermont should have no role in approving vermont yankee spew church after 2012 in the state of vermont i don't think it's too much to say that this is this is an anti-democratic situation you've got a large. wealthy out of state corporation trying to have its way and override the legitimate laws. of a sovereign state and it's a it's a power struggle unfortunately for not being its size it's a david versus goliath power struggle but. when we've got a lot of energy to fight. it's

the 1st day of the trial corporation versus the state of vermont and there are many of us who want to support the state of vermont in that legal battle we believe that corporations or businesses that operate in the state of vermont should be should be falling from ah. this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is power lie with the people. this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways.

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to. the fire. when it became clear that entergy was going to continue to operate past the end of its 40 year license which came to an end on march 21st 2012. we felt that it was necessary to. take an action that would inspire people in the area not to give up not to allow themselves to be rolled over by this corporation. we are here to demonstrate in the most dramatic way we can that a gross injustice is being created by this pro corporation the entergy corporation

against the people the government of ramadi and the whole surrounding area where all of us are threatened by this reactor as long as it stays open and we're calling upon the entergy to respect the democratic process in vermont and to shut this dangerous leaking accident plague plant in town. there are times when you feel something so strongly that just holding up a picket sign or just attending a rally or demonstration is not enough you want to speak with your whole life your whole body and so we are placing ourselves in jeopardy jeopardy of being arrested and possibly jailed in order to make the strongest statement that our consciences call for us to make.

mistakes here's a life this day cares or future generations the very things that we need to exist clean water clean air the health of our citizens it's all at stake and from what. for right now it's just for corporate profit that's all it is. a power struggle about the will of the people to decide what's best for them. it's a political struggle about the basic fabric of our country despite the market. so this is about whether people's voices are going to be heard.

yankee is shutting down a nuclear power plant will close by the end of next year of officials from entergy which owns vermont yankee made a surprise announcement this morning. today's an extremely tough day for us of interest and more importantly really 630 employees that for my yankee earlier this morning we told these men and women that vermont yankee nuclear power station will stop operating at the end of its current fuel cycle and move into the decommissioning process in the 4th quarter of 2014.

this decision was based on the economics of the point not operational performance not litigation risk. nor political pressure simply put the plant costs exceed the plant revenue in this asset is not financially viable for those of us and. it's not good news it's a very sad day. it's sad because we're worried about what's going to have more friends neighbors for the folks who have to move away it's going to be painful see them go nuclear plants around the country are under the warmest financial pressures right now they're getting old and everybody knows it costs more to maintain an old car than a dozen new car the same is true for a nuclear plant. all of them are going to require modifications from lessons learned after fukushima dai ichi. from my aunt he was going to need about

$250000000.00 of repair and replacement over the next 2 or 3 years to keep running and entergy didn't want to spend that money. entergy new that from entourage were not going to allow this plant top arrayed unless it was in top notch condition. and they couldn't afford it so they pulled the plug on for mine yankee for economics but it was economics under the scrutiny of a smart electorate who had kept themselves in form for the last 10 years. the closing of vermont yankee is the big truth that democracy. entergy would continue to operate if it wasn't for all the hard work all these people did to make this happen is a win for david over. people power works we

citizens have the ability to affect change. what gives me hope in all of this is that. in some little way our actions are going to inspire other. i. think you know that i find that there is no way. out people often say to make a wish my grandmother or for her like you know get your grandmother did join our benedict group. and you know we did have a victory for egging meant that the whole state i feel fortunate

to still be alive and in relatively good health and a boat you know struggle. you can't do it alone you need community to do this sound then you're going to support one another and low fat head together. there's no getting around the fact that the site we're vermont yankee exists on the banks of the connecticut river will remain as a high level nuclear radioactive waste dump endangering people for miles and miles and miles and miles around. in this toxic legacy of what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future

generations for a long time to go. this is a technology that's fundamentally flawed i don't believe we should build

a new nuclear power plant ever again and i think we should in an orderly manner shut down every nuclear power plant we've got. beginning with all of these mark one designs that are identical to vermont yankee and identical the fukushima daiichi. then gradually over the next 10 years do it charmed to do it and shut this technology down for it.

in london julian assange is standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher i saw inches live even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldn't know that mainstream media. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of northern ireland that was coordinated

loyalist attacks. population. were forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was a p.r. you see the police actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of the streets in belfast at the time more than a 100 innocent civilians were. seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent to which the pollution was involved in some of those cases the killers would lead to be named. i think it went to do very very top i think it is. the water where. you. give the go ahead.

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