consult with the mon state government about the launch yankee 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've 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 it refilled 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 how much time do 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 from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much.

i show bang gree i felt scared felt very sad when i heard about focus. 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 are mine yankee came on line all of. the fukushima daiichi you know water. never the same design. new the same reactor same contractors worked on them and the same flaws and weaknesses. the containment structure designed to hold in all the radioactivity after an accident is too small by $986.00 the nuclear regulatory commission had the term and there were 85 percent probability that the containment would blow up and failed. in the event of

a meltdown. so much hydrogen gas would be released that the containment would be blown to smithereens and all of the radioactivity inside it would be released to the public. she rasho 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 a push even to each one of the key regulators at the n.r.c. got him chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. well if it's the worst containment in the world why are we keeping $23.00 of them running here in america. the actual fukushima dai ichi was caused by an earthquake and a 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 more on 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 if it just. when i heard that a shape that it up i was devastated. try

. to get at yankee because it's. more. we would like to believe. everything that i know to do and all i have left is my body.

just say no. we will definitely be doing it to your. name in a women. and. when people asked me how many times have you been arrested and i say not. in u.s. district court. energy's lawsuit claims that vermont should have no role in approving vermont yankee speech or 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 it's one we've got a lot of energy to fight. it's the 1st day of the trial of entergy 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 are businesses that operate in the state of vermont should be should be following from our long.

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.

in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks protect the only catholic population in belfast tens of thousands are forced to flee their homes come up with strike in 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 and the burning of full streets in belfast at that craig more than a 100 innocent civilians were unloaded as the review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent and its occurrence which the inclusion was involved in some of those cases that killers would later be named into the nanny gang i think it went to the very very top i think it

is frosts the water where all the taishan you thought was going on and gave the go ahead. join me every thursday on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic to follow because the only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. and. i haven't is later still must execute. on. the lunar. calendar. and there's nothing she knew not. can if you

could vote all of them ok if the ball was not going to match the plan a it killed in battle day i played for the last 3 of a could watch that a little more than to be able to. name the man that having. who give the no matter. what the how do we are our day as soon as. they need the whole. adult.

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 now 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 down. 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're placing ourselves in jeopardy jeopardy of being arrested and possibly jailed in order to make the strongest statement that our consciences call the most.

mistake years life mistake here's our 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 for what. for right now it's just for corporate profit that's all it is. it's 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 this about democracy so this is about whether people's voices are going to be heard.

yankee is shutting down nuclear power plants 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 fun not operational performance not

litigation risk. nor political pressure simply put the plan 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 a victory for democracy. entergy would continue to operate if it wasn't for all the hard work all these people did to make this happen our works we citizens have the ability to effect change. what gives me hope in all of this is that. in some little way our actions are going to inspire other.

kids. in every. a. doubt people often say to make a wish my grandmother or for her like you get your grandmother did join our benedict group. and you know we did have a victory for egging men 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 can be myriad to do this sound then you can support one another and low

fat head together. there's no getting around the fact that the site where 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 and what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future generations for a long time ago. 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 daichi.

then gradually over the next 10 years do it charmed to do it and shut this technology down for it.

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hopes for peace in afghanistan as the u.s. and the taliban sign a deal to end america's longest war expects to remove all of its troops from the country in the next 14 months off the almost 2 decades of conflict and thousands of lives lost. migrants clashed with greek police on the country's border with turkey and that's also on caret announced it would no longer prevent refugees from heading to europe. and some french government announces it will person through a controversial pension reform by decree bypassing column and move his products in a new wave of protests across the country.