the tennessee valley authority estimates the cost of the cleanup job or eight hundred twenty five million dollars this spill is ten times larger than the exxon valdez spill in alaska and is believed to be america's largest environmental disaster to date with throwing away the next generation's most valuable resource and that is water and one of the best sources of water anywhere in the world and maybe the best source of fresh water and proximity to one of the world's largest fastest growing populations. you know with all the and all the lawsuits and all the carrying on that goes on in the in the press and you know the vanity fair's in u.s. news and world reports and all at that where the authors are warning people to believe that that we're absolutely script in appalachia down to nothing. in order to get the mineral is patently untrue it's patently untrue when you look around at the forest in elton's that we have a recent environmental impact statement from the e.p.a. estimates over eight hundred square miles of mountains have already been destroyed this includes the permanent destruction

on december twenty second two thousand eight coal ash impoundment at the tennessee valley authorities kingston fossil plant failed when an earthen dike broke spilling over one point one billion gallons of coal ash sludge over three hundred acres. coal ash sludge as waste created from the burning of coal at the kingston coal plant and is believed to contain toxic compounds including arsenic and mercury. the tennessee valley authority estimates the cost of the cleanup over eight hundred twenty five million dollars this spill is ten times larger than the exxon valdez spill in alaska and is believed to be america's largest environmental disaster to date we're throwing away the next generation's most valuable resource and that is water and one of the best sources of water anywhere in the world and maybe the best source of freshwater in proximity to one of the world's largest fastest growing populations. you know with all the hubbub and all the lawsuits and all the carrying on that goes on in the in the press and you know the vanity fair's and. us news more reports. that where the authors a

april 18th, 2010, the nrc cited the tennessee valley authority for failing to provide fire protection features capable of limiting fire damage at the browns ferry nuclear plant near chattanooga, tennessee. >> i don't think that any new licenses should be granted until all of the lessons of fukushima are built into the new plants in the united states. >> reporter: the events of the last few weeks at the fukushima plant provide an eerie warning. there, officials ignored a series of safety infractions for years and continued to be vague about the damage to reactors even after the devastating earthquake. a document in the wikileaks cache revealed there were concerns about the safety of the japanese nuclear program and the government was covering up safety problems. case in point, the indian point nuclear plant just outside new york city. it's equipped with an earthquake safety device that would help keep water from leaking out of the reactor if something catastrophic happens. but the nrc found that the safety device is leaking, and believe it or not it's been leaking for 18 years. a lack

that is the construction of a previously halted project at the tennessee valley authority. the japanese and the french had served -- have surged into the lead in terms of nuclear power. they are now being challenged iby korea and russia in the international market. china will soon join them all. nuclear power today provides about 15% of the world's electricity. there are always risks with every form of energy. it is important that we be clear about the risks that each type of energy poses. it is also important to remember that we do not abandon highway systems because bridges and overpasses collapsed during earthquakes. the 1.6 million of us who fly daily would not stop flying after a tragic airplane crash. we cannot stop drilling after a tragic oil spill unless we want to rely more on foreign oil and turn it our oil drilling over to a few big oil companies and all our oil hauling over to more leaky tankers. in all of these cases, when there are accidents, we do our best to examine the tragedies and make our continued operation in our lives as safe as possible. that is what

in the united states, and that's the construction of a previously halted project at the tennessee valley authority. the japanese and the french have surged into the lead in terms of nuclear power and are now being challenged by korea and russia on the international market, and china, with 27 nuclear reactors currently under construction, will soon join them all. nuclear power today provides about 15% of the world's electricity. there are always risks with every form of energy. it's important that we be clear about the risks that each type of energy poses, but it's also important to remember that we don't abandon -- we don't abandon highway systems because bridges and overpasses collapse during earthquakes. the 1.6 million of us who fly daily would not stop flying after a tragic airplane crash. we cannot stop drilling after a tragic oil spill unless we want to rely more on foreign oil, one up our prices, turn our oil drilling over to a few big oil companies, and all our oil hauling over to more leaky tankers. 34,000 people die in motor vehicle accidents every year, but we don't stop driving because

in the united states, and that's the construction of a previously halted project at the tennessee valley authority. the japanese and the french have surged into the lead in terms of nuclear power and are now being challenged by korea and russia on the international market, and china, with 27 nuclear reactors currently under construction, will soon join them all. nuclear power today provides about 15% of the world's electricity. there are always risks with every form of energy. it's important that we be clear about the risks that each type of energy poses, but it's also important to remember that we don't abandon -- we don't abandon highway systems because bridges and overpasses collapse during earthquakes. the 1.6 million of us who fly daily would not stop flying after a tragic airplane crash. we cannot stop drilling after a tragic oil spill unless we want to rely more on foreign oil, one up our prices, turn our oil drilling over to a few big oil companies, and all our oil hauling over to more leaky tankers. 34,000 people die in motor vehicle accidents every year, but we don't stop driving because