Patriotic to harness the yeah i was excited about Nuclear Engineering because i thought it would solve the Worlds Energy crisis its exciting science. To realize youve got the power of the sun inside that reactor and theyre sold all inspiring when everything works theyre really here to refute with making energy the problem is that everything has worked out japans Nuclear Nightmare continues a 2nd Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex destroyed their reactors exterior all 3 daiichi reactors have Nuclear Fuel Rods that have been exposed to some degree so theyre teetering on the edge of a meltdown. You need to say. Theres. No need. To get you into. Trust me more curious. Concerning that situation in japan im now joined live from vermont by all going to some 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 is 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 are 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 all were looking at an apocalypse this is churned all bowl on steroids do you think its definitely going to happen or do you think crisis could be a. No i dont think crisis can be averted. Her containment building a big baby space the Nuclear Reactor could keep that power plant shut down longer than expected 1st energy says it will restart the plants clean told a crack displaced those who live in the shadow of deep despair see see any problem can be alarming i dont give it a whole lot of thought that once in a mile when you hear Something Like that the concern should. Be Nuclear Regulatory commission is monitoring the situation. 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 once plus these firefighters here by. I 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 when youre talking about a Nuclear Power believe there are 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 bury hyping and thats what the Associated Press concluded after a year long investigation. Southern california edison says it will be closing the troubled 703 nuclear. Good. San diego county has been offline for months because of a mechanical bill. That led to trace amounts of radiation being leaked the baptist the latest in a number of environmental problems of salmon over the o. B. O. Vernon is the host. For mine a key. Part of me in. The town of learning is a very close knit town. The 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 at dairy farms. In fields they think a 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 screw want to drink our milk whos going to want to whos going to want to use our sear whos going to want to come here and drive past that. Oh no. No. No no. He just has to go shut up. Shut up. Safely no doubt. That. There is no source of energy in this world that doesnt have risk associated with it in nuclear it is very very low 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 in the 650. 00 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 one. 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 poor 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 plan 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 to 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. And theres always a lot of 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. And ive been involved in trying to say no to this finding of the adam and all of the consequences of it sense night jane 45 when i heard about. The rape. I am a member of the shut it down authentic your 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 luck here 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 claire power plant and if there is that accident at all by this area of knowing and maybe all of new england uninhabitable for generations. You started to run in 1972 it only had a license to run until 2012. 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 for a minute and syria was reliable enough to run for true for 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 materials. We saw through it the so the need for good in each other than those of us who want to. Make it on the butters read the book on useless all that business and just. Instead of being. Able. To go out you will still be stuck or your muscles in the course of your knee resisting but of course just. Go chill the. Business. We think he minds be so it soldier is also the boots hes wearing. So the sole looks like to move the opposable to put your words with. The sure stuck in that summarizing the police force sort of. The. Most trusted news source since the channel 3. More trouble for 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 made false statements after Parent Company says it was miscommunication nothing more the radioactive warder 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 in 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 yankee this problem is countrywide maybe worldwide. We were told Crystal Clear that there were no buried underground pipes that contain radioactivity how many other plants. To not have underground do 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 buried in 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 that Vermont Yankee is a breach of trust that cannot be tolerated. You know 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 state house your word is all you got to live by we have a lot of going and 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 28 in 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 dandruff certainly on an unacceptable to the public and that shock public trust and confidence and we absolutely understand it and then have a tritium 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. Maybe im. A. Gun omar 0. 0000000000 extension 0. 000 martyrs were used to all the different seasons you put out some extra clothes its winter obviously that raise certain challenges but its not a problem that happen to be january so thats when youre walking. Out walking because it feels like a powerful way to stand up mass said 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 ally 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 ramada 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 interest of the moderates not to a new license never mind yankee and thats how i will go. There was an intense level of organizing and behalf of the citizen activists. We held public forums. Your senators match and our key to that we made phone calls would you be able to call them and talk to them about this we wrote a normal amount of letters to the editor and we engaged 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. When the spurs and i just want to. But the debate. Is in vermont spece interests 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 for mano cherishes and holds dear that i dont know what else you can have as an indicator that reliability is a problem with a Nuclear Power has a place in a future of energy in america. We can debate that 2 accounts come 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 math clicked us secretary please call the roll to start. On or start yes from the start i was just under 5. On the life boats no. Theres a series of us here both east for the nice 26. I think the senate voted 26. 00 to 4. 00 in favor of closing Vermont Yankee 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. Surprised again with the incidents that were happening at the plant it was understandable. The Nuclear Power is a hell of a way to boil water. What really happens inside a Nuclear Reactor is of uranium out pops and in the process it gives off an enormous amount of heat does it boil water make some steam and turn a turbine in a generator and electricity comes out but whats left behind after youve you have use that electricity or these pieces and these pieces stay radioactive for a quarter of a 1000000 years. That is toxic 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 oh no technology will take care of Technology Technology is not taking care of it and if you cannot take care of the waste and you cannot manage the ways then the only responsible thing is to stop producing the ways. Thank you for your. Registering. To dimensions like i know smaller scale so instead of having a huge Nuclear Power plant now these 3 really trying to get young people excited about the energy for power in different places so its a very much more local. 3 Surplus Campaign is a student led arena station based out of Middlebury College we got together right after the senate voted to close very naive because we were wondering whats coming next what are we going to replace the mining cubic the field the best way to achieve our goal is to elect a governor who has a really strong plan. Was needed national will discover that when he believes in the lessons that solicited to prevent you. From the regular morgue or your home or your car group or provide. A. Water source i. Q. Lucifer this photo is just that of the guy that im just joking. It is not my achievement mr davies our 5 year plans were conceived. And carried out by the people themselves if how they would produce or even flirted with the idea of making a film like this they probably be branded as crazy. How was the sentiment during the war the soviets were brave heroes this estate not to use thats going to change of course after the war once the cold war begins. I. Think that hollywood has a free. Will is strictly defined by the business and the other side is. How would i define hollywood is they call it the dream manufacturer which i thinks true but i think equally its a problem in the fact. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Once his much anticipated covert tracing out is used to send just 14 alerts in 3 weeks thats half a 1000000 people deleted from their phones we searched the streets of paris to find someone whos using a. No no no no no no we dont think. 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