in the world corrupted you need to this and. join us in the debt. or i'm a guy who's shallowness. i understand that a firm on doesn't know how to lead the world in getting off projects and joy and moving toward global energy as fast as possible the planet will be unlivable for organisms like us i used to say let's shut down vermont yankee in 2012 meet the promise that we may be sure that engine louisiana cleans up the mass and much of our governor who's going to move us to remobilize 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. where there will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. federal regulators now say that for my gang he is fit to be open for another 20 years or jena bowler joins us now with the latest on this jena christin late this afternoon in a conference call that. clear regulatory commission and voted to. stand for martin

and his license the n.r.c. says it will formally. but under vermont law the public service board in the legislature must also approve a less than 60. tonight

on nightline nuclear emergency a massive new explosion rocks a crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the greatest fears yet radiation catastrophe and a new wave of back to a should. call out for this 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 roofs were 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 trolled. let's assess the risk with arnie gundersen he's a nuclear safety advocate who consults with them on state government about the month yankee new. i applaud 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 let's 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 have experience building these spent fuel rods checks and we appreciate your expertise tonight at 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 choked 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 all of. the fukushima dai ichi you know what. they have the same design. the same reactor same contractors worked on them and the same flaws and weaknesses in. 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 fail in the event of a meltdown. so my. 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 may show decide 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 at the n.r.c. got him chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. full of resource containment in the world why are we keeping 23 of them running here in america. the actual fukushima dai ichi 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 more me 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 as if it just. when i heard that. it up i was devastated.

at yankee because it's our. last. call or. we would like to believe. everything that i know to do. my body. get in the way just say no.

we will definitely be doing it together. name in a women. and. when people asked me how many times have you been arrested and i say not. to sue 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 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 in a lot of support in 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 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.

a minimum wage doesn't guarantee you a job it guarantees you that if you get a job and be paid that wage but it's precisely that guarantee that means you're less likely to get a job and so i would predict probably over a 1000000 people would lose their jobs if the minimum wage were doubled to 50 now they want to phase it in so maybe $800000.00 people. and that would be differentially in communities are a lot of black people helping out at mississippi lower wage states. he saw through at the police that he for good and he just knew other than that he

meant for us one. but on the but i was going to do the book on his son so that this isn't just. me emotional learning to. do i feel story east of korean outsourcing the course for me which muses to that of his dislocated or to go chill the church. is his compassion that. we think he minds be soldier dicky's off the boots he's wearing. to church so the soul looks like the moon the apostle opinio more than the book and then you'll like it i'll be sure stuck in that summarizing the police force send us all to.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. 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 but 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 are placing ourselves in jeopardy jeopardy of being arrested and possibly jailed in order to make the strongest statement that our consciences called on us to make.

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 despite democracy 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 for my 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 fund 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 it's going to be painful see them go nuclear plants around the country 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 daiichi. sankyo is 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 is a win for david over. people power works we as 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. i wish my grandmother for her. grandmother did join our.

and you know we have a victory for egging men that day i feel fortunate to be alive and in relatively good health and able to. struggle. you can do what. you need can be myriad to do them sound then you can support one another and vote that 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. toxic legacy and what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future generations for a time. 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. think gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down for a. guy. 54

jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type

of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. international memorial has extended its deadline for submissions. all media professionals eligible for the freedoms journalist look for alternative media have

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