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 few shots 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 jeanne a bowler joins us now with the latest on this gina kristin late this afternoon in a conference call that and are seen clear regulatory commission and now said they voted to extend for ma in his life since the n.r.c. says it will formally issue the yankees a new license in

a matter of days but under vermont law the public service board in the legislature must also approve the latest in 6 tension. if you're going. to go.

tonight unlike last nuclear emergency a massive new explosion rocks a crippled reactor plant. prompting the greatest radiation. and a new wave of a back to a ship. all out. reactor up in smoke 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 state governments about the 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 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 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 have experience building these spent fuel rods 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 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 left i don't want that to. and here. i don't

want to see this beautiful paradise destroyed like. in the united states there's 23 general electric mark one reactors identical to fukushima daiichi for mine yankee 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 was an 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. shima 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 even 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 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 pumps on warm the ocean. that can happen anywhere you. lose offsite power from the storm or from an action

and you can lose the pumps that cool 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 damage in an american nuclear plant. i'm here because i think this is very dangerous we're facing end of life on this planet just something about you know. when i heard that song. i was devastated.

i felt i've got to get at yankee because it's 10 child fukushima. more. because. we would like to believe this we're just posing with them are you going to listen to gravity i'm not believing. everything that i know today. all i have left is my body. but. just say no.

we will definitely be doing it together again you. name in a women a women. when people ask me how many times that be you better breast and i say not and mouth. the afternoon. today entergy sued the state of vermont in the 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. when we've got a lot of energy to fight. it's the 1st day of the trial of your 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 for want 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.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person and those with. the dares thinks. we dare to ask. this wrong with us as american citizen native laptop that's tied up for an attack file we have asked to die and i think. i would vote

for a republican over trump i would vote for anyone you not you'd like and has half a brain to defeat john. in the future get. a 2nd wife. she can handle it. she and i divorce because our trouble is what the president and i voted for her and she can stand for it. when the most important election. in our history is listed and months to go before the next presidential election is the atmosphere in the us now. what are the highest priority programs believe and they do next. just some of the questions leaflets and the 3 americans.

still seem wrong but. just don't hold. me to get to shape out this day become educated and in. the trail. when some find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. 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 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 plan 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 under the warmest financial pressures right now they're getting old and everybody knows the 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. 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 for monitors 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 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 it 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 like you say 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 you know struggle. you can do what. 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 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 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 daiichi. plant gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down to earth. guy.

still i just know that the get a list of all the. people i want to make out what's quiet while. the. pope will be but this year our awesome friend so that the us are still so that the so beautiful thing to do something to see. a child. a valuable as a possible al black ball if i was a boy with someone of that kind of a look at have. come. as the u.s.

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