i understand that a firm on 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 mass and much of our governor who's going to move us to removal energy and move to his chain 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 do you know bowler joins us now with the latest on this jena kristen late this afternoon in a conference call the n.r.c. clear 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 the 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 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 turn old. let's assess the risk with arnie gundersen he's a nuclear safety advocate who consults with vermont state government about the month 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. all 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 from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much.

i showed angry 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. 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. show decide to percent 3 of. the regulators have known that this design isn't capable of withstanding an accident see. 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. well of a source 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 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 warm 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 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 planned it. that. 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.

well or. we would like to believe. i'm not reading. everything that i know to do and all i have left is my body. get in the way just say no. we will definitely be doing it together again your. name in a women a women. after me and 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. the 1st day of the trial 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 are businesses that operate in the state of vermont should be should be following. 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 ways.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

some rumors as soon as you are. going to be named chris mccomb the new member states you. remember the just came stuff for a book is bigger than your fear that oh. i'm talking about is a very international community. meaning you strain the trip through the roof. you just go get it because the slow slow slow you see the need to eat. those who pushed them to the world food used to cook in brazil so their nuclear cooperation is to go is everything the producers who believe it will live in front of t.v. with the above 30. 5 they have i would effect a cold day but i decided not to take this life. with my gave you that.

one else truths seem wrong. but old rules just don't hold. me to the world yet to shape out these days to come to educate and indeed from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose 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 appreciated 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 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.

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. 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 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 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 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 a minute 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 others.

i. think you may find that there is no way. out people often say to me i wish my grandmother or for her like you get your grandmother did join our benedict group. and you know we did have a victory for egging men that the halls stank 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 kev immunity to do this sound then you're going to support one another and both 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. the poisonous toxic legacy of 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 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.

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crisis was caused by the banks who were. exactly. reformed the banks just expanded their credit card they expanded their capacity to borrow and give away cash to their friends. 2 blocks away from the apartment and i would get confused. meanwhile patients who recovered from. the symptoms were different. one of the things like research is all over the world are trying to determine the

many pains and other problems. and to numbers. this is. just. the push. there have been many complaints of vision loss joint pain and fatigue in the u.s. these patients are referred to as opposed to. i talked to multiple doctors in my 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. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be

an arms race in this very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. we must end this civil war. which really gives blue u.s. president. the uncivil war between democrats the public just hours after his inauguration speech arrest broke out in a number of states including oregon the democratic party's headquarters was vandalized. mainstream media swings over the new commander in chief's inauguration speech. whether america's really can be healed any time soon either we're going to resolve these issues peacefully through the battle of ideas or in

10152100 years we will resolve them violently.