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not vollies case has got so much international complicity everything that happens in a vulnerable god and his return in detention is the business of law enforcement agencies we are talking about enforcing laws in some of the countries simply mentation of their own laws is considered to be of secondary importance to achieving some geo political goals this is their problems in our case law enforcement agencies have made their physician. now vali is very likely to remain in custody for the next few weeks before a court decision and so pressure is building up now the north stream pipeline project hangs in the balance as well so let's watch out for new developments off our law for now but if you'd like to have your say on any of this our stories and for a few more besides why not leave a comment or 2 in our tease facebook page always like me there of an evening i'm going to know neal by for an hour.
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take 2 good clocks these one this is my grandfather watch just go particularly good good well we make one a little bit higher wait a little bit. and then come back and look at them they're not they don't indicate the same time because there's more time up here time down there. i understand that he of vermont doesn't know how to lead the world in getting off
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production 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 actually scheana cleans up the mast and let's have a 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. right 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.
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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 announced that they voted to extend for my employees license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue resume to its new license and a matter of this but i. there vermont law the public service board in the legislature must also approve the less than 60.
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you're going. to go. tonight on nightline a 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 a smoldering disaster zone the latest challenge at the fukushima daiichi site
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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 nuclear plant mr gundersen 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. 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
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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.
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i feel angry i felt scared 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 power mining he came on line almost. to fukushima daiichi you know what. they have the same design. the same reactor
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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 and that the containment would be blown to smithereens all of the radioactivity inside it would be. released to the public she really showed a sign 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 hooper 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 of
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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 warming the ocean. that can happen anywhere you can lose offsite power from the storm or from a terse faction 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.
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i'm here because i think this is very dangerous we're facing the end of life as if it just simply about it. when i heard that they shake it up i was devastated. i thought i've got to get erik. yankee because.
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we would like to believe. everything that i know to do all i have left is my body. just say no. we will be doing it to. a women. and. when people asked me how many times that. and i say not.
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in 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 it's one we've got a lot of energy to fight.
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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 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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what we said in 2008 right here on this show was that because there was no attempt
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to reform what the banks had done and the global financial crisis was caused by the banks who were hoarding the cash they were sitting on the cash they were lending it here we are in 2021 exactly as they predicted they did the reform the banks in fact they just expanded their credit card they expanded their a capacity to print and borrow and then give away cash to their friends causing now this huge crisis. in $24.00 to you know bloody revolution to to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know we hear. the former ukrainian president recalls the events of 2014. of those who took part in this today over 5000000000 dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals
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that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. 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
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area where all of us are threatened by this reactor as long as it stays open we are calling upon the entergy to respect the democratic process in vermont and to shut this dangerous leaking accident played plant down. there are times when you feel something so strongly that just holding up a picket sign or a test for 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 conscience is called post.
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mistake years life mistake years or 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.
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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.
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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 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. sankyo was going to need about
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$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 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
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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. ali i. think you may find that there is no way. out people often say to make a wish my grandmother or for her like you 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
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a boat you know struggle. you can't do it alone you need kevin immunity to do this sound that you can support one another and over a 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 that what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future
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generations for a long time to go. 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
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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 for it.
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easy. to be. sweet taste awful like absolutely awful 1st game coded then a 2nd wave they say a suit is coming now the virus is mutating i walked 2 blocks away from the apartment and i would get confused as to hobby guess not. meanwhile patients who've
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recovered from covert started to report some unusual aftereffects the symptoms were different but. my hearing has been ok i think it's one of those things where at like researches 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 fell out various sources reports that kobe didn't just leave a 35 percent of recovered patients. so you don't pull the bullshit because the bush . just there have been many complaints of peril vision loss joint pain and fatigue in the us these patients are referred to as post coded long holos 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 or.
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