Vermont to shine least where there will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. Federal regulators now say that for my gang he is fit to be open for another 20 years or geno bowler joins us now with the latest on this jena kristin late this afternoon in a Conference Call that 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 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. During. The night 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 british 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 this term 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 turn old. Lets assess the risk with Arnie Gundersen hes a Nuclear Safety advocate who consults with him 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 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 perp. And al 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 you have 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 it from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much. I show bang gree i felt scared but felt very sad when i heard about fukushima 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 determined there were 85 percent probability that the containment would blow up and fail in the event of a meltdown. So much hydrogen gas would be released and that the containment would be blown to smithereens and all of the radioactivity inside it would be released to the public. 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 at the n. R. C. Got him chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. Well of a source containment in the world why are we keeping 23. 00 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 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 as planned it. That. When i heard of bats that they shape it up i was devastated. I thought id got to get erik at yankee because its of potential focus shape. You know or. All or. We would like to believe. Im not reading. Everything that i know to do and have left my body to get in the way just say no. We will definitely be doing it together again your. Name in a women a women. After me 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 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 of entropy Corporation Versus the state of vermont and there are many of us soon a lot of support in 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. Her. Join me every. Sport. Ill see you then. With election day looming its important to. Change the g. O. P. If at all is there such a thing as trump is the political establishment understand why is the budget in the 1st one is just populism on the right of a future. 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 very 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 consciences call for us to make. Soup. Mistake years life mistake years 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 despite the market. 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 that 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 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 daichi. And 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 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 a victory for democracy. Entergy 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 over. People power works we citizens have the ability to affect change. What gives me hope in all of this is that. In some little way our actions are going to inspire others. I. Think you know that line 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 you know struggle ah. You cant do it alone you need kevin unity to do this son then youre going to support one another and both that head together. Theres no getting around the fact that the site were Vermont Yankee exists on the banks of the Connecticut River will remain as a High Level Nuclear radioactive waste dump in danger and people for miles and miles and miles and miles around. Poisonous toxic legacy of what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future generations for a long time ago. 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 Daiichi. Then gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down. As the u. S. Economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. You can work 40 hours d in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of the. Financial ecology and the like Affordable Housing for a living minimum wage gave many people no choice. Thats been a problem with the city knows time limits on a whole new stay away almost. 2 sons of concerted effort is no answer because the answer requires the source the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become invisible because. This moment costs us american citizens today to blast off. Our entire time we are asked to die and. I would vote for the. I would vote for anyone who is not an ass half a brain. Dump truck. To feed. My 2nd wife. She can handle. She and i divorce because our trouble is elected president and i floated for him and she. Most important election. In our history is mr the months to go before the next president ial election how is the atmosphere in the us now. One of the highest priority problems how will they vote which they do next. Just some of the questions we put to the americans. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being that. Direct. What is true what is faith. In a world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Made in the shallowness. Headlining the media and come together for talks in moscow following his call to end hostilities over nagornokarabakh. Comes the shelling destroys an historical seed from the disputed region civilian losses are growing too with journalists also in the line of fire we hear from others who are fighting on the front lines. We all have serving i can share my emotions in church only i feel bad i havent slept properly since september 27th as a soldiers mother and as a citizen of is there a breakdown as i myself am on the front line. 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