You. Know heat. They need to get you in. A more serious more concerning that situation in japan im now joined live from vermont to understand that were reporting at the moment that that all suggestions that a partial Nuclear Meltdown is now underway this is not a Nuclear Chain reaction this is not a nuclear bomb this is the radiation left over after the Chain Reaction has started sort of sorts of interrupt but you say this is not a nuclear bomb but would not the effects be the same as a nuclear bomb if obviously it does reach meltdown and there is an explosion. The chemicals that are going to be released or similar actually the chemicals released from other the radioactive chemicals released from a nuclear bomb disappear quicker then the radiation that is released in a Nuclear Power plant. Well were looking at an apocalypse this is true an old bowl on steroids do you think is definite going to happen or do you think crisis could be a. No i dont think crisis can be averted. A crack i mean ill burn containment building of the davis massey Nuclear Reactor could keep that power plant shutdown longer than expected 1st energy says it will restart look plans until the crack displaced those who live in the shadow of dyspepsy see any problem can be alarming i dont give it a whole line of thought that once in a while when you hear something wrong like that concerns you. The Nuclear Regulatory commission is monitoring the situation in Indian Point NuclearEnergy Center in a condition no one wants to see with black smoke pouring out of these photos were posted on social media as responders on site ones plus these firefighters nearby like went in to find a transformer turning. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo came to see the response up close for himself this was a relatively minor situation but were told your brother Nuclear Power really minor situations. Radioactive tritium is leaking from 3 quarters of all u. S. Commercial Nuclear Power sites and a cancer causing material often seeps into groundwater from corroded buried piping thats what the sociedad press concluded after a year long investigation. Southern california edison says it will be closing the troubled 703 Nuclear Plant. The plan to poison San Diego County has been offline for months because of the mechanical clock with bags of eggs that lead to trace amounts of radiation being leaked the bad just the latest in a number of environmental clubs and i think ill be here banging. All. Old. Old. Old. Old. Well. Vernon is the host. From i know you keep. Going to. The town of burning this very close knit town. People really care about one another. And were more than just neighbors its a great community. When people think of the state of vermont they think of dairy farms. In fields they think of maple trees maple syrup. They think of rivers and pristine lakes. And we got a Nuclear Power plant right on the southern border. For my yankee welcome to romano. If people think that there is a radioactive problem at this plant in vermont our vermont brand is done. To drink our milk whos going to want to whos going to want to use our syrup whos going to want to come here and drive past that. Oh no no no for my as you go right now no yes no no i am not yankees as you know shut it out shouted out there are not yankees im saying we know right now shut down shut it down very much yankee town thats in doubt. There is no source of energy in this world that doesnt have. Risk associated with it in nuclear it is very very so i feel so very Safe Technology our job is to protect Public Health and safety and never have an accident that jeopardizes Public Health or safety so thats with us every day people like me come in here and the 650 men and women that work here that is our focus the safe operation of this plant. I live right across the street from Vermont Yankee and theyve always been a Good Neighbor i have children that go to the school which is also right across the street from my yankee. You dont move to vernon and live in vernon if youre worried about the point both our girls live in town or 6 grandchildren live in town in fact my my youngest daughter lives down the road here well as the crow flies its less than a half mile from the point. Where we dont worry about the point of being here. I live 70 miles from the Vermont YankeeNuclear Power plant and what that means in terms of any sort of incident or accident that might happen in that plant is that if it was a serious incident most likely i would no longer be able to live in my home the whole area would be contaminated if you look from fukushima. I would lose my home and my community where ive been for the last 30 years of my life and i would have to relocate. Some other place will be a complete disaster. People shouldnt have to live with that sort of risk. Thats not acceptable. I have a passion for justice. Theres always a lot of organizing work to be done our area and thats the way i have lived my life im frances crow. And i live in northampton massachusetts i 93 years out and ive been involved in trying to say no to the spending of the adam and all of the consequences of it since night to in 45 when i heard about hiroshima the rapee. I am a member of the shut it down Affinity Group a group of women that came together to shut down. With our batteries and action. Its that hot yes. We meet once a month we have a pot like here or my house and wave figure out what were going to do and then we do it. For my yankee is right now my focus because its a very dangerous oh no prayer power plant and if there is that accident at all by this area of knowing good and and maybe all of new anger and uninhabitable for generations. You started to run in 1972 it only had a license to run until 2012 in 2009 they applied to the Nuclear Regulatory commission to get another 20 years on their license so they could run it said 2032 the state of vermont asked me to oversee from a yankee and see if it was reliable enough to run for true 20 more years so i was chairman of the Oversight Panel thats looked into Vermont Yankee in 2009 we found 80 problems but if they cleaned up the problems we all signed a report saying reminding he could run for another 20 years. Or year later we found out that they were lying to us entergy on a number of occasions including under oath before our Public Service board. Denied the existence of. Underground piping carrying radioactive material. Kind of financial survival job about Money Laundering 1st to visit this cash into 3 different. Oh good this is a good start well we have our 3 banks all set up here maybe something in europe something in america something overseas in the Cayman Islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in their cup ocracy we just have to give my phone and say hey im ready to do some serious Money Laundering ok lets see how we did while weve got home got a nice laundry watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry how about. Luxury automobile again for mac. You know what Money Laundering is highly illegal. Much keyser of course. No but it did 50 point one when he could number 2 the pretty one when you have no kids if you didnt complete home and phone and dont going to college. You did with all the good that you done up and that of all who signed up for the only surprise i. Also was in the cafe to click our young. People. And said i will put you on that we were going to drive up this level to fight not to fight wars or. Most of it to motivate to you all to see the person you saw some of it to get up with each other go to show some. Locals that will put him in a position to police a little theres a cool if that was true. Theres a new. Plan to pull funding for this approach will mean or goes. To see a romance most trusted news source says but channel 3 needs more trouble for a Vermont Yankee a concrete trench at the plant is unexpectedly filling up with radioactive water radioactive water discovered in a concrete ditch at the Nuclear Plant contains high levels of tritium the tritium found at the plant is a 100 times the level deemed acceptable by the Nuclear Regulatory commission the tritium concentrations are in sky high Nuclear ExpertArnie Gundersen says this is yet another indication the aging play it should close this is either a leak in a pipe or a leak in the tank that pipe connects underground pipes that Vermont Yankee originally claimed did not exist until after the 1st leak was discovered gunderson was on the public. Oversight panel we yankee made false statements after Parent Company says it was miscommunication nothing more the radioactive water contained tritium lots of tritium but it also contained other isotopes he contained strontium 90 which is a bone seeker and causes leukemia because cesium 137 which is a muscle seeker causes Heart Disease they contain cobalt 60 which is a very high energy gamma source then a whole bunch of other isotopes minimal all of those started to work their way into the soil and has definitely entered the Connecticut River trivium and all these radioactive isotopes can cause cancer. Why is the tritium leak of concern to us ground water down there is being threatened and potentially the river water is being threatened something needs to be done right now i believe that planners and say we have buried corroded pipes that are way beyond their design life. This problem is not only are my yankee this problem is country wide maybe worldwide. We were told Crystal Clear that there were no buried underground pipes that contain radioactivity how many other plants. To not have undergone you know there are none. I asked for an obscure report i got it and i read it and i said oh my god theres a buried underground pipe you knew when you read that that there was undergo piping yes you ben misstatements have been given yes thats right i was stonewall what has happened at Vermont Yankee is a breach of trust that cannot be tolerated. In order to move forward on whether or not the plan will continue to operate questions need to be answered changes need to be made and the trust of vermonters must be restored we were now being lied to and lied to under oath on record and in vermont and in vermont and especially in the statehouse. Your word is all youve got to live by we have a lot of to do and we have to rebuild Public Confidence and trust were operating a Nuclear Power plant and people expect that you know it is an Industrial Facility you are going to have incidents thats just a fact of life. We drilled approximately 23 wells in this area so that we can triangulate and pinpoint the source of the leak by obviously the highest concentration of trotty ated water in this particular well we just did not do a good job of presenting information complete and Accurate Information to the vermont Public Service board and thats unacceptable to entergy it certainly on an unacceptable to the public and that shook public trust and confidence and we absolutely understand it and then have a treaty in leak to groundwater. Adds to a lack of confidence weve said numerous times we apologize for that were embarrassed about that that shouldnt have happened. Im. Were gone oh. My god were the moderates were used to all the different seasons you put on some extra clothes its winter obviously that raise certain challenges but its not a problem that happen to be january so thats when were walking. I walking because it feels like a powerful way to stand on message that its time to shut the plant down. Were really excited to be here were looking forward to meeting with our legislators in a little while and i really appreciate the opportunity to have democracy in action are walking through the state. I am speaking on behalf of walkers who today completed a 126 mile 11 day walk. And now id like to present you with a petition to the members of the remark Legislature Please retire Vermont Yankee on schedule no later than march of 2012 and a copy to you thank you peter. Thank you to the marchers thanks to all of you in this room for coming to the peoples house the greatest democracy in america and letting us hear your voices on this important issue i have concluded that it is in the best interests of the moderates not to renew the license separ my yankee and thats how i will vote. But there was an intense. Level of organizing and behalf of the citizen activists there or we held Public Forums are these your senators match. Our key that we made phone calls would you be able to call them and talk to them about this we wrote an enormous amount of letters to the editor and we engage people from all across the state and all across the political spectrum to call for our legislature to vote no on continued operation of Vermont Yankee beyond march of 2012. Commissioner for. Spurs and i just want to wrap up the debate. Is in vermont special interest to operate Vermont Yankee beyond its scheduled closing date of 2012. If you dont think that leaking tritium and cobalt into the ground water and the Connecticut River and the environment of the state of vermont that every single vermont cherishes and holds dear then i dont know what else you can have as an indicator that reliability is a problem with a Nuclear Power has a place in the future of energy in america. We can debate that to a cows come home what we should not be debating is whether we can extend the life of our e. G. Nuclear power plants beyond their design life this is crazy stuff and i felt very strongly that it was the wrong thing to do for a math like justice secretary please call the roll to start. Another start yes from the start i was just under 5. And a life. Theres a series of. These for 26. I the senate voted 26 to 4 in favor of closing for my 80 its really a testament to all of the work that citizens did over the course of several years over the course of decades our voice as the people as as as the people of vermont is what matters. Well you know we were disappointed with the vote but not surprised again with the incidents that were happening at the plant it to get was understandable. Einstein said the Nuclear Power is a hell of a way to boil water. What really happens inside a Nuclear Reactor is of uranium out of the pops and in the process it gives off an enormous amount of heat all it does is boil water big some steam and turn the turbine and generator and electricity comes out but whats left behind after youve. You have to use that electricity these pieces and these pieces stay radioactive for a quarter of a 1000000. That is. Poisonous to humans. For 250000 years i keep saying that number 250000 years its ridiculous its mind boggling id be the 1st to acknowledge that is the achilles heel of the Nuclear Industry nuclear waste. There is no answer to this they keep telling us. Technology will take Care Technology technology is not taking care of it and if you can take care of the waste and you cannot manage the ways then the only responsible thing is to stop producing ways. And then you bring in here. Like i have a habit of having a huge new can ever. Be for really trying to get young people excited about power in different places so its a much more local. Place campaign is a student led arena station based out of Middlebury College we got together but after the senate voted to close for lying because we were wondering whats coming next what are we going to face for a minute. The feeling the best way to achieve is to elect a governor who has a really strong plan. And were going to fulfill your purposes possibly to the people. 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