i peter shall. do solemnly swear that i will be true and faithful to the state of vermont shoeshine least wish that i 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 jena bowler joins us now with the latest on this jena christin late this afternoon in a conference call that an hour seen milk earlier regulatory commission and now said they voted to extend vermont yankee is license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue the yankees 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. what you're doing. tonight on my blog nuclear emergency. a massive new explosion rocks

a crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the greatest fears yet radiation. and a new wave of a back to a ship. all at 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 roof where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored 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 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 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've had 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 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 key 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. 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 if. one of the key regulators at 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 can lose offsite power from the storm or from a terrorist action and you can lose the pumps they cool 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 damage in an american nuclear plant. i mean here because i think this is very dangerous we're facing the end of life on this planet if we don't do something about it. when i heard that song. i was devastated. i felt i've got to get eric at yankee because it's 10 child

fukushima. no more. because. we would like to believe this we're just those who are you going to listen to gravity i'm not believing. everything that i know today at all i have left as my body and put it in the way just say no.

we will definitely be doing it together again. name in a women a women. when people ask me how many times have been you've been arrested and i say not enough. 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 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 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 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 shaped by. the cares thinks. we dare to ask. the us economy was booming growing numbers of people made homeless. you can work 40 hours 'd in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of it we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing for a living minimum wage gave many people no choice. that's been

a problem with the city will always turn their backs on and told me stay away i don't. this is the food that there is no answer because yes that requires resources the most vulnerable were abandoned on the streets to become the invisible comes. as the u.s. economy was booming gaining numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours 'd in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the lead up to the reality of we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing for a living minimum wage give many people new choice you know there's been a problem with the city knows turn every turn cold or stay away almost. half the

food if there is no answer because yes that requires resources the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become invisible to us. 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 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 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 the 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 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 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. 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 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 others. i. think you know my mind that there is no way. out people often say to make a wish my grandmother or for her like you know i say 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. it 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. the poisonous toxic legacy of 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 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 tree.

come. come. a sort of amazing country with so many friends in russia and i'm very excited to be here. this i love that idea i think i can do the. different nice to make a lot of money with them but they make millions and hundreds of me.

he has a nice well there's a nice to have a great wall and nobody feels a lot better than me believe me and i'll build a very inexpensive like a great great wall. 'd and just in case you're worried about who's going to pay for it mexico will pay for . it will see what happens. i always say who knows what we'll see on the field will be 6 of us. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

a small class as american citizen but he didn't want to talk that's. a tough time we had a nasty guy and i think. i would vote for a republican over trump i would vote for anyone who is not you and has half a brain. dump truck. to feed. my 2nd wife. she can handle. she and i divorce because our trouble is elected president and i floated for him and she can't stand for. that when the most important election. in our history. list of the months to go before the next presidential election is the atmosphere in the us now. watch of the highest priority programs now live and chip they do next. just some of

the questions we put to the american. bill and those silly laws about the catalyst i'll just. keep on walking. yeah.

this is. one of that. in the weekly. truce takes effect in the disputed region of the. wild conflicting reports of shelling coming from both sides correspondents in the heart of the conflict reporting on the devastation and how locals view the situation. i can see it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by. so many calibers sizes and types of. international chemical weapons watchdog traces similar. group poison or in some. of the opposition activists.