i understand that he of vermont doesn't know how to lead the world in getting off rogers and joy and moving toward 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 that 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 shane 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 her mind yankee is fit to be open for another 20 years or gina bowler joins us now with the latest on this gina kristen late this afternoon in a conference call that n.r.c. clear regulatory commission and now said they voted to extend for my employees license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue is includes a new license and a matter of but under vermont law the public service board and the legislature must

also approve a license extension. are you going. to go on.

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 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 a fire in the number 4 reactor that's right down here in the area just near the rules 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 trying to hold. 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'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. 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 have 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 it. is the same reactor same contractors worked on them and the same flaws and weaknesses. of 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 she rasho decided to percent 3 of. the regulators have known that this design is. capable of withstanding inaction since it was built. during the middle of the crisis in africa she went to each one of the key regulators of the n.r.c. a guy named 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 szymon daiichi was caused by an earthquake and the tsunami. but really at the root of it was that the earthquake knocked out the offside 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 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 planet just about. when i heard that sent. it up i was devastated. i thought i've got to get erik at yankee because it's of potential

fukushima. you know or. all are. we would like you can we just because you. know i'm not reading. everything that i know to do 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 when people asked me how many times have you been arrested and i say not enough. 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 its. david versus goliath power struggle but it's one we've got a lot of energy to fight. the 1st day of the trial corporation versus the state of vermont and there are many of us in a lot of support in 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 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.

by the demick no certainly no borders that is blind to nationalities. that you. as americans we don't come with certainty we don't have the facts in the whole world beat's to be. judged. come in a crisis with this system. we can do better we should be doing better. everyone is contributing each her own 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.

this will taste awful like absolutely awful 1st game coded then a 2nd wave is coming now the virus is mutating and walk 2 blocks away from the apartment and i would get confused as to holly gets not. meanwhile patients who've recovered from covert started to report some unusual aftereffects the symptoms were different but. my hearing has been ok i think. that's one of those things are at play research is all over the world are trying to determine the many takes pains and other problems and then turn it all into numbers shouting in my hair. you appear to be 1113 there this is throughout the day my hair just freakish out loud various sources reports that didn't just leave for 35 percent of recovered patients . most of which i got as the bush white. house there have been many complaints of feral vision loss joint pain and fatigue in the us these

patients are referred to as post coded long hole as 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. 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 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 of life this day cares 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 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

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 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 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 from entourage we're 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 other. 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 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. you can't do it alone you need kevin unity to do this then you're going to support one another and lovera 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 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 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. then gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down.

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right now there are 1000000 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 would 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 corporate profit. defenders of big tech often explain if you don't like their platforms think build your own well on this edition of crossfire we talked with some interested individuals doing just that against god's will they succeed.

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