i understand that he of vermont 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 the promise there we may be sure that actually scheana cleans up the mast and much of our governor who's going to move us sure goble energy and move to a sane energy future let's vote for change on november 2nd thank you so much. peter shall. do solemnly swear that i will be true and faithful to the state of

vermont. there will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. federal regulators now say that her mind 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 and are seeing nuclear regulatory commission and now said they voted to extend for martin and his license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue resume to use a new license and a matter of if but 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 back away should. fall out of british 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 roof where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored in this turn 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 turn old. let's assess the risk with arnie gundersen he's a nuclear safety advocate who consults with vermont state government about the mont 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 have 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. 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 unless time 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 show bang theory i felt scared 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. 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 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 and all of the radioactivity inside it would be released to the public. she showed us 100 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 of hoover she went 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 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 and 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 on it as if it just simply about. when i heard that sent. it up i was devastated. i thought i've got to get erik at yankee because it's 10 child focus shape.

or. are all are. we would like to believe that you are just because you've. done everything that i know to do and all i have left is my body. just say no. we will definitely be doing it together again. name in a women a women. when people asked me how many times have you

been arrested and i say not. the afternoon. today entergy sued the state of vermont in the u.s. district court. 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. when we've got

a lot of energy to fight. it's the 1st day of the trial entergy corporation versus the state of vermont and there are many of us who lot of 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 through bought 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 ide the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is power lie with the people. this case demonstrates that struggle in very real way.

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you cannot be both with the yeah you know what i am. i am. 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 rogue 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 this take 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 despite the market. 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 and 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 happen or 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 a cost 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 daichi. and 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 a minute for economics but it was economics under the scrutiny of a smart electorate who had kept themselves informed for the last 10 years. the closing of vermont yankee is a fig tree for democracy. entered you would continue to operate if it wasn't for all the hard work all these people did to make this happen it is a win for david over. people power works we

as 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 that 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. the poisonous 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 you know 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 the germans are doing and shut this technology down for it.

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or your partner group or through our. washer so shock you would overdose lucifer desoto is just that in the guise that i'm just nobody it is not my achievement mr davies. type you have plans for can see but indeed and get it out by the people themselves would produce or even florek it with the idea of making the film. this be probably be branded as crazy. that was the sentiment during the war the soviets were brave heroes resisting nazis that's going to change of course after the war but once the cold war begins. my little people think that hollywood is a free place but hollywood is strictly defined by only one side of the business and the other side is ideology. how would i define hollywood is

a call to dream manufacture which i think true but i think equally it's a propaganda factory. op no team no crowd. no shots. actually. let me stress no small. point show your thirst for action. because i think.

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