On my blog Nuclear Emergency a massive new explosion rocks or crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the previous radiation catastrophe and a new wave of back you wish your. Wrist reactor up in smoke out dangerous radiation leaks can be a point to blow. They did on a seismic falls a smoldering disaster zone the latest challenge at the Fukushima Daiichi site a fire in the number 4 reactor thats right down here in the area just near the roof where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored 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. Lets assess the risk with Arnie Gundersen hes a Nuclear Safety advocate who consults with vermont State Government about the mont 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 have learned from my sources that the radiation levels in the 4th reactor are so high that theyve 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 doesnt 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 potentially korea and china as well how much time do 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 youve had experience building these spent fuel rods checks and we appreciate your expertise tonight i cant say i enjoy what im hearing but im glad were getting from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much. I show bang theory 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 i love this place i love where i live i dont want that to happen here. I dont want to see this beautiful paradise destroyed like that. In the United States theres 23 General Electric mark one reactors identical to Fukushima Daiichi are mine yankee came on line. 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 was an 85 percent probability that the containment would blow up and fail in the event of a meltdown. Because 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. Shima show decided to percent 3 of. The regulators have known that this design isnt capable of withstanding an accident since it was built. During the middle of the crisis and focus even they cheat 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 its 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 pumps on warm the ocean. That can happen anywhere you can lose offsite power from the storm or from a terrorist action and you can lose the pumps they call the plant from the same exact cause so we dont need a tsunami we dont need an earthquake to cause that kind of a damage in an American Nuclear plant. Im here because i think this is very dangerous were facing life on this planet if we dont do something about it. And when i heard. That i was devastated. I felt ive got to get at yankee because its 10 show fukushima. Oh boy. Oh you know. We would like to believe you are you ready for this. Im not really. Done everything that i know to do and all i have left is my body. Put it in the way just say no. And. We will definitely be doing it to. Your name in a women. And. When people asked me how many times have you been arrested and i say not. And now for. The afternoon. Today entergy sued the state of vermont in the u. S. District court energys lawsuit claims that vermont should have no role in approving Vermont Yankee speech or after 2012 in the state of vermont i dont think its too much to say that this is this is an antidemocratic situation youve got a large. Wealthy out of state corporation trying to have its way and override the legitimate laws of a sovereign state and its a its a power struggle unfortunately for not being its size its a david versus goliath power struggle but its one weve got a lot of energy to fight. Its the 1st day of the Trial 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 falling from on long. At. This case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on wheres 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. To fulfill the repeated purposes of politics to the people. You know weve all pots to the. Most beautiful. Pretty. Pretty rare perk up. If you want to 1st crack that. No. Ball. Can link i link up my. System of. And theres no no not. Can if you add up all of them ok if food. Was not minimised at a local battle they have only asked me about a collage that im not going to be. The one that having. People. Give the name not. What the how do not. Assume. One you know they need. To go before. Someone i think. The republicans have a reputation as knowing hell of a more about money than the democrats but the democrats are always very confusing as a Bernie Sanders is just out of a tradition hes talking about socialism which again is a its a its a model based on a in comprehensible all. Non existent theory about money. 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 a committed 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 were 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 were placing ourselves in jeopardy jeopardy of being arrested and possibly jailed in order to make the strongest statement that our consciences call the most. Mistake years life this take heres our future generations the very things that we need to exist clean water clean air the health of our citizens its all at stake and for what. For right now its just for corporate profit thats all it is. Its a power struggle about the will of the people to decide whats best for them. Its a political struggle about the basic fabric of our country despite democracy so this is about whether peoples 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. Todays an extremely tough day for us of interest and more importantly really 630 employees and for my yankee earlier this morning we told these men and women of 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. Its not good news its a very sad day. Its sad because were worried about whats going to have more friends neighbors for the folks who have to move its going to be painful see them go Nuclear Plants around the country under warmest financial pressures right now theyre getting old and Everybody Knows it costs 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 didnt want to spend that money. Entergy new that from monterey is were not going to allow this plant top arrayed unless it was in top notch condition. And they couldnt 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 fig tree for democracy. Entergy would continue to operate if it wasnt for all the hard work all these people did to make this happen it 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. Say to make a wish my grandmother for her like you say grandmother did join our. And you know we have a victory for egging men that day i feel fortunate to be alive and in relatively good health and able to you know struggle. You can do what. You need kevin unity to do them sound then you can support one another and low fat head together. Theres 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 endangering people for miles and miles and miles and miles around. In this toxic legacy and what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future generations for a time. This is a technology thats fundamentally flawed i dont 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 weve 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 charmed to do it and shut this technology down to earth. Guy. In london Julian Assange is standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher i saw inches liberty even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldnt know that stream media. In the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of Northern Ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks. Population tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was that the are you see the Police Actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing them they were active participants in the burning of coal streets in belfast at the take more than a 100 innocent civilians when the as the you can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent. To which the collusion was involved in some of those cases the killers would later be named. I think it went to the very very top i think it is. The water where all the taishan so you. Give the go ahead. The point is should we. 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