Peter shumlin. 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 the 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 as yankees 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. On. Tonight on nightline 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 a fire in the number 4 reactor thats 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 to pass and 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 them on 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 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 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 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 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 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 for mining he came on line almost. 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 the term and there was an 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. Shima show decide 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 she went to each one of the key regulators that the n. R. C. Got in chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. Well of a source containment in the world why are we keeping 23 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 off side 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 and 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 the end of life and as if it just simply about. When i heard that. It up i was devastated. I thought ive got to get erik at yankee because its 10 shelf the cliched. You know all our. Dollars. We would like to believe that youre trespassing. On what weve. Done everything that i know to do and all i have left is my body. Get in the way just say no. We will definitely be doing it together again you. Name in a women a women. And when people asked me how many times have you been arrested and i say not. The afternoon. Today entergy sued the state of vermont in u. S. District court. Lawsuit claims that vermont should have no role in approving Vermont Yankee spew church 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. When 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 lot of 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. 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. You know weve talked a lot on the show many years about economy and currencies and what makes a currency usually what makes a currency is scarcity for example gold is a currency its money because its scarce thats the primary reason people use it as money keynesian economics or a socialist is usually a workable because the people who are organizing it think that well you can just print all the money you need you need a program print more money theres socialism for banks on wall street as was pointed out recently one of the big president ial debates you know a bank gets in trouble just print more money well whats the ultimate scarce commodity what is the ultimate scarce commodity think about it what is the ultimate scarce commodity. Time of the time to repeat the same mantra sustainability its very important. Transitions to sustainable prize board sustainability stay number man not a more equitable and sustainable world. They claim their production is completely harmless. Companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is Something Else this must be done to anyone and i mean look. This is the mood stimulus and we do want to. Underscore that. Thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the countrys military and the decision a little sheltered lives every song came to a complete. The day that i was right to be instructed you know told to shut up but theyd kill me and i see how it destroyed my life many screamed at me and he made me come in the gram my arm and he raped me just berthing here you know if you take into. Account that women dont report because of the extreme retaliation and its probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing tat happen but ive never seen trauma like ive seen from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished to be offended and almost 10 year career which shows very invested in and i gave the sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our in violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats a man or woman. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy for indication let it be an arms race is on this very Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. 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 rogue 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 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 on us to make. Soup. Mistake years life this day cares or 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 this about 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 for entergy and more importantly for the 630. 00 employees that for my 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 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 are under the warmest financial pressures right now theyre 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 Daiichi. Sankyo is 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 entourage 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 the big truth that democracy. Entered you would continue to operate if it wasnt for all the hard work all these people did to make this happen is a win for david the. 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 may find that there is no way. Out people often say to make a wish my grandmother or for her like you 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. Struggle. You cant do it alone you need kev immunity to do this then you can support one another and both 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 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. 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 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 daichi. Then gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down for it. In the United States president ial candidates debate the future of the u. S. And the world. Max kaiser and Stacy Hubbell to dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one self every week. Tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on r. T. 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