Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Protest Planned

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A new license term for Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is expected to be greeted this week with big protests.

Anti-nuclear activists say hundreds are expected for an event at midday Thursday in which protesters will march from the town common in Brattleboro to the local corporate offices of Entergy.

Organizers say they're planning for some of the participants to be arrested.

Brattleboro Police Chief Eugene Wrinn says his force is coordinating with the Vermont State Police and Windham County sheriff's office in preparing for the event.

The chief says his goal is for protesters to be able to exercise their First Amendment rights without anyone getting hurt.

Comments

[Hikerguy22]

10:07 AM on 03/25/2012

Nuclear comes off as very dangerous, especially in the wrong hands, and it is. But Nuclear is better than coal, at least until something very awful goes wrong. The problem I have with Nuclear besides this unknown, is its cost. No one really knows what the final cost for this unit and the one in Georgia is going to be. To the energy companies, i.e. The Southern Company it is about profits and shareholders. At the same time, it is a fact the renewable, safe energy such as, wind and solar are dropping at a fast pace.
There has not been any public education that I know of that has shown the rate payers that nuclear is even needed, as we foot the bill for these money grapping monsters.

[mdinoregon]

03:28 AM on 03/24/2012

Low-Level Plutonium of #Fukushima Origin Detected in Iwaki City, 40 Kilometers South of Fukushima I Nuke Plant

............Plutonium has been spread and deposited at low densities in wide areas because of the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons . The ratio of plutonium isotopes, Pu238/Pu239+240, of the atmospheric testing origin is about 0.03. But this time [dusts off the metal plate in Iwaki City], this ratio is higher at 0.8, indicating the dusts contain plutonium of the Fukushima I Nuke Plant origin.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/03/low-level-plutonium-of-fukushima-origin.html

[mdinoregon]

03:24 AM on 03/24/2012

Amercanium, plutonium, and uranium detected from Fukushima fallout.

This data was taken by a Global DIRT assessment team of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. Data was collected using a Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation SAM 940 Defender / Revealer. Data was collected up to within 50ft of the plant's fence. The map below represents only readings which contained isotope levels (about 2000 of the 2900+ current readings). Be sure to check back as this page will be constantly updated.
http://globaldirt.org/map/

Interactive map, start with northern most point for core elements plutonium peaks out at 7700 bq.

[oahutrading]

08:48 PM on 03/23/2012

People interested in the reality of nuke should check out the facts here, from a Nuclear Professional

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/p/nuke-accidents-civilian-and-military-99.html

[NoahScape]

09:28 PM on 03/23/2012

That blog in no way, shape or form represents the knowledge or opinions of nuclear professionals.

How about you explain generator transfer switch selection to us?

[Michael Mann]

05:43 PM on 03/22/2012

Base load power” – that’s the message “Powering America” conveys and we’re going to need plenty of it. Even the most conservative predictions say we’ll need at least 25 percent more electricity by 2035 – which happens to be the exact time when our current generation of reactors, built in the 1970s and 1980s, will be reaching retirement. So it’s not just a matter of providing more electricity. We’re going to have to replace the 20 percent of our electricity that nuclear energy already provides. It’s a big task and building one or two new reactors per decade – the rate we’re currently achieving – isn’t going to come close to solving the problem.

So what’s holding us up? Mostly fear of radiation and accidents. On radiation, the Heritage filmmakers note, most people are inclined to think it was invented in 1945 with the introduction of atomic weapons. In fact radiation is just energy in motion. It constantly bombards us on all sides. Next to what we absorb from outer space, from rocks, from food, from our own bones, the radiation emanating from a nuclear reactor is less than trivial. Living next to a reactor for fifty years would give you about the equivalent of one dental x-ray.
http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-goes-to-the-movie-heritages-new-movie-powering-america-real-people-and-nuclear-virtues/

[oahutrading]

08:43 PM on 03/23/2012

Riiiiiiight, you working overtime Mikey?

Did you know that over 1% of reactor blow up, melt down or both?

And plenty of other accidents...."they" and by that I mean you all, try to cover it up.

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/p/nuke-accidents-civilian-and-military-99.html

[NoahScape]

09:36 PM on 03/23/2012

Oh, so mixing in military accidents with civilian power generation is what you're reduced to?

How many poles does a military emergency generator transfer switch have compared to a civilian one?

[Michael Mann]

05:39 PM on 03/22/2012

Vermont Yankee in the court room, it seems like the federal court has ruled that Vermont Yankee can continue to operate. That is good news!
On Saturday, February 18, Vermont Attorney General Sorrell announced he would appeal the decision to the Circuit Court. Sorrell said that he waited until the last minute to file his appeal because he thought Entergy might also choose to appeal.

This was an interesting outcome for a court case: a ruling that both sides might well decide to appeal! As a matter of fact, Monday evening February 27, Entergy asked Judge Murtha to grant an injunction barring Vermont from enforcing laws against storing spent fuel rods at the plant. Many have described this action as an appeal by Entergy. Both sides of the case have now appealed the ruling, though the appeals took place in different ways.
http://yesvy.blogspot.com/

[oahutrading]

08:50 PM on 03/23/2012

Wow, you really stretching it. Your link says nothing of the kind.

Get a real job...you been working in nuke your whole career, give it up, it kills us. Learn something new or just retire and live environmentally consciously. Low budget.

[NoahScape]

09:31 PM on 03/23/2012

As with most issues, your understanding of the supremacy clause in the 5th Amendment of the Constitution is lacking.

[Michael Mann]

09:46 PM on 03/23/2012

Actually I spent a year making blood analysis machines... it wasn't much different I was putting together and testing quarter million dollar machines.. less paperwork, less oversight and was more dangerous for less pay. My plant is ISO 14000 environmentally certified, is yours? http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/management_standards/environmental_management.htm

[oahutrading]

03:19 AM on 03/22/2012

Just like the Cash for Clunker program that took alot of gas guzzlers off the road,
Obama should make a

Nuke Cash for Clunkers. Any plant over 30YO is eligible. The nuke plant emergency funds, as well as general fund would "buy" the Clunker from the owner and decommission it. Owners would provide their budget set aside for decommission, and the nuke energy emergency fund would also be tapped.

These Old Clunkers need help

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/03/cash-for-clunker-plants.html

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/02/cash-for-clunker-nuke-plants.html

[Atoms4Peace1]

11:24 PM on 03/22/2012

trying to raise money for koolaid site? Gives new meaning to "Koolaid Sale"

[CountLeo]

11:32 PM on 03/22/2012

How do you keep the lights turned on while we decommission the unit?

[sloop uk]

10:37 AM on 04/02/2012

If you mean Yankee, then VT have boycotted supplies from the site already.
Strangely enough, no blackouts, no rolling power cuts...

[Atoms4Peace1]

10:04 PM on 03/20/2012

When the protesters come to town, some will stay in motels. Motels powered by nuclear energy. When they eat in restaurants, they will sit down to a lighted and cooled facility, made possible by nuclear energy. When they come from out of state, they will be driving in their fossil burning cars. But dont worry, there are plenty of "coexist" bumper stickers on those cars.

Lets face it. Most of the protesters will camp out, and smell like 3 day old fish when its all said and done. The best thing that Entergy can do is set up hot showers, port a johns, and food for these people. All made possible by clean, cheap, carbon free nuclear energy.

The protesters will feel satisfied with themselves, then get back in their fossil powered cars, and go back under their rocks til the next professional protest call.

People, its over and you lost.

[oahutrading]

01:21 AM on 03/21/2012

haha! The pro-nuke case seems to be lacking in credibility and facts.
Shut them all down, find some other way to make your living. They blow up way to often, over 1% of commercial plants blow up.

that is a joke, sheesh even a Clunker Pinto is not that bad.

[Atoms4Peace1]

03:25 AM on 03/22/2012

Last I checked, they dont award college degrees in antinuclear apologetics.

[Atoms4Peace1]

11:29 PM on 03/22/2012

Credibility is 20% electricity with a high capacity factor and half a million Americans working in green nuclear contributing to our economy.

you dont understand what you are talking about. Spin.

[RahSolar]

10:51 PM on 03/21/2012

Really?
Is that where you're going with this?
The reactor is at 50% output because of a condenser problem.
Not to mention that after EPA found elevated levels of radioactivity outside the plants boundaries, Entergy bought up all the surrounding land and moved its fence line to lower the readings off site.
They will also drink irradiated water from the Connecticut river, and get to ooh and aah at the 33 years worth of dry cask spent fuel on site.
Valves won't close correctly.
The 2002 cooling tower collapse.
Should I go on?

Looks like very soon Entergy will lose and the citizens of Vermont will win.

[Atoms4Peace1]

03:12 AM on 03/22/2012

you forgot to mention that protesters will shower at the end. Ew, been there, done that, burned the t shirt,

[oahutrading]

06:24 PM on 03/20/2012

Great article here.
Time to get ready for chelation therapy

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/03/uranium-and-plutonium-launched-into.html

[Atoms4Peace1]

10:06 PM on 03/20/2012

another sock ish? You are pimping your koolaid site.

[NoahScape]

11:06 AM on 03/21/2012

And where's the proof of anyone in the U.S. being "internally contaminated"?

Or externally, for that matter?

[RahSolar]

10:53 PM on 03/21/2012

You are contaminating these threads with your Burger King comments.
Source something you spew.
You won't, because you can't
You are weak.
Go flip some burgers.

[CountLeo]

04:14 AM on 03/23/2012

I've wondered if there is anywhere folks can go to receive whole body counts.Not that it would change any minds - true believers don't need silly things like facts. I travel from coast to coast a good bit and have several body counts a year and nothing has ever shown up. I've had five since the Japanese disaster and live in an area where there has been reported fallout and ... nothing. Maybe that's what the NRC should do - set up free body count kiosks in malls - come on in and get checked inside and out.

[Kenz300]

02:39 PM on 03/20/2012

Japan has shut down 52 of their 54 nuclear power plants and they are getting along without them.

They have increased energy efficiency, reduced waste and increased the use of alternatives.

The trillion dollar disaster at Fukishima is not over yet and the costs will be paid by the Japanese people for decades to come.

Wind, solar, wave energy, geothermal and second generation biofuels made from algae, cellulose and waste are the future.

[NoahScape]

03:10 PM on 03/20/2012

That''s hardly a success story. From the NYT:

"...a drastic conservation program that has involved turning off air-conditioning in the summer and office lights during the day. It has also increased generation from conventional plants that use more expensive natural gas and other fossil fuels in a nation already uneasy about its reliance on foreign sources of energy. "

"The loss of nuclear power has hurt in another way: economists blame the higher energy prices for causing Japan’s first annual trade deficit in more than three decades, which has weakened the yen and raised concerns about the future of the country’s export-driven economy. And as the weather warms, Japan faces a possible energy crisis..."

No wonder the Prime Minister wants plants restarted!

[stephengn1]

12:23 PM on 03/21/2012

Given the choice the japaneses people want assurances that their future children will not have severe birth defects over promises of prosperity

With solar they will get both. With nuclear they get neither.

[oahutrading]

06:21 PM on 03/20/2012

Exactly, the Japanese can ramp up quickly with solar too offset some of the belt tightening that is necessary.

[Atoms4Peace1]

10:07 PM on 03/20/2012

Not in the near future. You have never laiid it on the line. I do every day I go to work.

[nirek]

11:16 AM on 03/20/2012

I'll be there in spirit. Sorry I can't be there for real.

[oahutrading]

08:52 AM on 03/20/2012

Regardless of the pro nuke lies, if you live in the US you were partly poisoned.

In fact if they had been honest, people could have done simple things like stay out of the rain and avoided much internal contamination. But "they" didn't, because they are a the nuke cartel, and their profits and egos are more important to them than your health.

Take their toys away, over 1% of all nuke plants blow up.....FACT
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/p/nuke-accidents-civilian-and-military-99.html

And when they lie about how there wasn't plutonium released, point them here
There was, lots of it, right into the jet stream
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/p/uranium-aerosolized-into-atmosphere.html

[NoahScape]

10:10 AM on 03/20/2012

Let's seem some data that supports your claim of people suffering from "internal contamination" in the U.S.

[sloop uk]

01:20 PM on 03/20/2012

Were not the radiological detectors turned off along the western seaboard, and previous stated 'safe' limits increased by several factors?

[oahutrading]

06:22 PM on 03/20/2012

My goal is to educate people with an open brain, not you.

[Atoms4Peace1]

10:08 PM on 03/20/2012

Natural radon kills more than you think.

You get 20 mSv a year sleeping next to someone.

[sloop uk]

04:38 AM on 03/21/2012

You forgot to mention bananas. Another old standby.
And as irrelevant as ever.

We are talking man-made irradiation of the planet due to nuclear power plants.
Or at least most of us are...

[oahutrading]

08:33 AM on 03/20/2012

Interesting below, the paid nuke promoter JTT states how "fuel pellets are small", with the intention of being decptive, making people think perhaps if they are dumb enough....how could tons of uranium aerosoilize intot he jet stream if the pellet are small.

Indeed, these nukes lie, and the best lies contain an element of the truth, however, these nukers lies can't stand the light of day.

There are roughly 90 to 100 tons of uranium and another 9 or 10 tons of most dangerous thing on earth, plutonium in a MOX reactor, which reactor 3 of Fukushima used to be.

Well the rods are like 12' long and they weigh around 400 pounds each.

http://www.nucleartourist.com/basics/hlwaste.htm

You been dosed with heavy metals and the nukers are to blame.

[NoahScape]

10:08 AM on 03/20/2012

Your claim that we "have been dosed with heavy metals" doesn't survive scrutiny.

[Atoms4Peace1]

10:14 PM on 03/20/2012

There are no "paid promoters" that I know of. Folks I know are putting it on the line every day in the trenches.

Your assertions of "lies" are without merit. You have no formal training in this area.


You dont even know what you are taking about half the time. the other half, you really are justs spitballing on your koolaid site

Thank God for real brick and mortar education.

[oahutrading]

01:06 AM on 03/21/2012

Did I ever mention that chicks just don't like nukers, even if a few like your money. Chick really dig solar guys though....sustainable is very sexy.

[oahutrading]

03:24 AM on 03/20/2012

Plutonium in MOX was launched into your lungs
The plutonium in MOX fuel, which is what blew out of reactor 3 in dramatic fashion, is roughly 5% to 10% of the whole fuel weight.

Review the film clip here. There is no more reactor 3, they are large and yellow, on the same site are high quality pictures that show reactor 4 (still exists) and reactor 3 (gone away, only a few yellow fragments can be seen in the rubble).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3ljfLvHww&feature=youtu.be

http://nukeproffesional.blogspot.com/p/uranium-aerosolized-into-atmosphere.html

And the nuke industry doesn't want to give up their toys, their sexy science, their way of pumping their ego in their godlike pursuit of turning matter into energy - TO BOIL WATER. Not to mention that nuke income pays for their living, their expensive houses, and THEIR PENSIONS.

In no way can they let the 8000lb gorilla into public view. We all been dosed with plutonium and uranium which are both deadly poisons as HEAVY METALS, in fact they are both just minorly radioactive, it is HEAVY METAL TOXICITY that kills us, and breaks down our ability to fight other disease.

We are all downwind, Shut them all Down now

http://nukeproffesional.blogspot.com/2012/02/plutonium-in-mox-was-launched-into-your.html

[Jtt]

05:14 AM on 03/20/2012

Did not happen.

And actually the fuel pellets are rather small.

[oahutrading]

05:25 AM on 03/20/2012

RIIIIIGHHT, people can see with their eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3ljfLvHww&feature=youtu.be

Open your eyes to the 8000 pound gorilla, he is in the room

[Jtt]

05:16 AM on 03/20/2012

I heard 9 / 11 was an inside job too. My toaster told me through my tinfoilhat.

[oahutrading]

05:22 AM on 03/20/2012

If you have nothing of value to contribute to the conversion, why not just go play with your radiation.

[oahutrading]

08:41 PM on 03/19/2012

Just saw an article on Cash for Clunkers.
Gov ought to bribe the company to stop operating, why not? Buy these old clunkers, and replace them with solar and conservation

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/03/cash-for-clunker-plants.html