Federal regulators now say that Vermont 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 that n. R. C. Clear Regulatory Commission and now said they voted to extend vermont includes license the n. R. C. Says it will formally issue is includes a new license in a matter of. Under vermont law the Public Service board and the Legislature Must also approve a license extension. Tonight on nightline a Nuclear Emergency a massive new exposure rocks a crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the greatest fears yet radiation catastrophe and a new wave of a back to a should. Fall out of risk reactor up in smoke how dangerous radiation leaks can be a plant located on a seismic fault the 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 room where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored
With us. Ratings and sell you. From having to sit through a donald trump joe biden debate on cognitive decline now a very very real possibility to the coronavirus still on the rampage across the globe things my friends things are looking very bleak these days so bleak that even the 2020 olympics appear to be in jeopardy is the quadrennial gathering of the worlds greatest athletes representing their respective nations on the grandest stage of the mall is facing not one but 2 potential threats this year not only is there now very real talk of the games being postponed due the global effects to contain him due to the global efforts to contain the corona virus but now greenpeace he has greenpeace is reporting that like a zombie in the 3rd act of a 2 bit horror movie fukushima may put a dent in this years Olympic Games i kid you not the Nuclear Disaster of 2011 has clawed out of the ground once again you see despite japanese Prime Minister declaring that the fukushima situation was under co
Quarantine. Its not clear when those measures will be lifted. The number of newly confirmed cases dropped to 19 on monday. The total is now around 81,000 and the death toll stands at about 3100. At the same time, other nations are ramping up efforts to stop the viruss worldwide spread. Italy is now entirely locked down. Prime minister giusepp conte says the unprecedented measures will last until april 3rd. He asked residents to stay at home and for bayed them from gathering in public. Individuals should only go out for work and healthrelated needs and emergencies. 463 people in italy have died from the virus and nearly 9200 have been infected. Both numbers are the second highest after china. On sunday and monday inmates in the countrys prisons rioted after the virus. The Justice Ministry said seven inmates died. Elsewhere in europe france, germany and spain have now each confirmed more than 1,000 cases. Outside Mainland China and japan over 30,000 infections have been confirmed and mor
There now very real talk of the games being postponed due the global effects to contain him due to the global efforts to contain the corona virus but now greenpeace he has greenpeace is reporting that like a zombie in the 3rd act of a 2 bit horror movie fukushima may put a dent in this years Olympic Games i kid you not the Nuclear Disaster of 2011 has clawed out of the ground once again you see despite japanese Prime Minister declaring that the pooka she was situation was under control back in 2013 greenpeace is reporting that 7 years later there still remains a Nuclear Emergency at the Nuclear Plant and surrounding areas how bad is it well according to greenpeace as recently as december of last year they had detected some spots with radiation levels as high as 1. 7 micro server per hour when measured on the metal on the meter above the surface and that tepco the company who operated the torrijos Nuclear Facility is still facing the enormous challenges of how to safely manage over 1000
Other things joining us this is r. T. And we start with the latest escalation of confrontation between russian backed Syrian Forces and turkish troops in seriously province president s of russia and turkey over the phone conversation in which they discussed holding a high level meeting to intensify talks on the situation earlier russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov spoke out in support of the syrian armys right to respond to ceasefire violations and call for a corporation between all sides within the agreed framework. We reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the president s of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start fulfilling their was a the syrian army have every right to respond to regular violations of cease fire from inside the the resume to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the universe solution in fighting terrorism. The syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to