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in the world corrupted you need to descend. or join us in the depths. or i'm a guy who 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 renewable energy and move
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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 an hour soon nuclear regulatory commission announced that they voted. extend for my employees license the n.r.c.
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says it will formally. under vermont law the public service board in the legislature must also approve the less than 6. 100.
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90 unlike a lot of 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 the back to a 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 this term for the worst of the 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 governments about the month yanking. we apply this to gunnison is joining us on the telephone sir based
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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 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 almost time to 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 shacks 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
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well mr gundersen thank you so much.
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i choked 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
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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. to fukushima daiichi you know what. they have the same design it. is 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. much hydrogen gas would be released that the containment would be blown
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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. a guy named 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 on warm the ocean. that can happen anywhere you can lose offsite power from the storm
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or from a target 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. when i heard that. it up i was devastated.
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i've got to get at yankee because it's. we would like to believe. everything that i know to do. my body.
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just say no. we will definitely be doing it together again. and amen a women. after me 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. and you've got
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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
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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.
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by the demick no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. as americans we don't over 30 we don't have the facts in world peace to be. judged as commentary crisis with this system since. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this crisis not go on forever the challenges create the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together
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. some rumors assumed. you mean. nothing to. him and those he just can't stand forever up with if you know that oh. antarctica is a very international community. meeting yesterday the trick is you don't need to. do this if. you didn't. there's a push for them at the instant the brazil throw their nuclear cooperation in
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antarctica is everything. to lose it would it. do with any of the. 5 they have that would have acted all day but that he decided not to take his place . with i gave you that. 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
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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 in town. 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
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and possibly jailed in order to make the strongest statement that our consciences call finest. 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.
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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 nuclear power plants 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
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extremely tough day for us of interest and more importantly really 630 employees and from a yankee earlier this morning we told these men and women the 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 it's going to be painful see them
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go nuclear plants around the country 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 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.
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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 others.
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say to make a wish. for her like you. grandmother did. and you know we have a victory for egging men. i feel fortunate to be alive and in relatively good health and able to. struggle. you can do what. you need kevin unity to do them sound then you can 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
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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 of what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future generations for a time. this
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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 for a. guy. because
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we faced off like absolute shit 1st game code then
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a 2nd wave of food is coming now the virus is mutating and walk 2 blocks away from the apartment and i would get confused as to how to give not. meanwhile patients who've recovered from covert started to report some unusual aftereffects of the symptoms were different but. my hearing has been ok. and one of those things are at play research is all over the world are trying to determine the many aches pains and other problems and then turn it all into numbers showing my hair. you appear to be 1113 there this is throughout the day my hair just. various sources reports that couvade didn't just leave for 35 percent of recovered potions . so you don't pull the push. just there have been many complaints of peril vision loss joint pain and fatigue in the us these patients are referred to as postcode long haul as i talk to multiple doctors and my
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doctor and they said we have a feeling that you're going to have a hard time in recovery you're going to be one of those people that they consider a long haul or. right now there are. people who are overweight or obese it's profitable to self. and sugary and salty and addictive it's not at the individual level it's not individual willpower and if we go on believing that never change this obesity epidemic that industry has been influencing very deeply. the medical and scientific establishment. so what's driving the obesity epidemic it's. sex drugs or financial survival. when customers go by you reduce the crime.
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well reduce and lower. that's undercutting not what's good for markets it's not good for the global economy. in the headlines this hour shopping centers food courts even an opera house just some of the places moscow residents can be planks in a to this rush of ratchets up its coronavirus approximation. germany extends and strengthens coast to the strictures across the country is the. nation steps up its fight against the pandemic. this donald trump spends his last night in the white house washington d.c. has been turned into a militarized zone just hours before joe biden's inauguration as the next u.s. president. i guess is pretty intense but in doing so they close a lot of the.

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