Bernie Sanders: The Unthinkable

[bananas]

Run time: 03:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZRX_F0F6Ws   Posted on YouTube: March 16, 2011 By YouTube Member: SenatorSanders Views on YouTube: 1375   Posted on DU: March 20, 2011 By DU Member: bananas Views on DU: 512

 
Citing the nuclear emergency in Japan, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pressed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman to re-evaluate whether to issue a new permit for Vermont Yankee. One day before the massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the commission approved a 20-year license extension for the Vernon, Vt., reactor that is identical to the crippled Japanese plant. That decision was temporarily put on hold, but Sanders used a briefing for senators about the Japan disaster to ask NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko for a more serious re-examination of the future of 40-year-old Vermont Yankee reactor.

[sasha031]

1. the man of reason, thank you so much for posting

I love and respect Bernie so much, we need more like him.