Arnie Gundersen: 40 years is not middle age for nuke plants

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Arnie Gundersen: 40 years is not middle age for nuke plants

This Wednesday, Vermont Yankee will have operated for 40 years. Unlike with people, 40 years old is not middle age for a nuclear power plant. Original documents submitted to the Vermont Public Service Board during the Yankee up-rate hearings showed the plant was designed for 40 years of operation, not 60 years as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is promoting, and not the new 80-year dream the commission is contemplating for implementation on older reactors.

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Maggie Gundersen speaks at UVM regarding similarities between VY and Fukushima Daiichi

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Maggie Gundersen speaks at UVM regarding similarities between VY and Fukushima Daiichi

Maggie Gundersen, founder and president of the Burlington, VT-based Fairewinds Associates, a paralegal and expert witness firm specializing in issues of nuclear reliability issues, Jared Margolis, Attorney for the New England Coalition and Environmental Law professor at UVM and Chris Williams, organizer with the Vermont Citizens Awareness Network give a panel presentation for Vermont Student Towards Environmental Protection at the University of Vermont,, Billings North Lounge, March 2012. Filmed by CCTV, Mrs. Gundersen spoke about the similarities between Vermont Yankee, a GE Mark I boiling water reactor, and the reactors that suffered catastrophic containment failures at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan a year ago.

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Gundersen: Fukushima Meltdown Could Result in One Million Cases of Cancer

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Gundersen: Fukushima Meltdown Could Result in One Million Cases of Cancer

Arnie Gundersen appears on Democracy Now to speak about the ongoing effects of radiation on the Japanese people and his recent contribution to the Greenpeace report Lessons From Fukushima.

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Arnie Gundersen presents “The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster In Comparison To Chernobyl” in Vancouver, Canada.

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Arnie Gundersen presents “The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster In Comparison To Chernobyl” in Vancouver, Canada.

Arnie recently appeared at the "The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - One Year Later" conference in Vancouver, Canada. The conference was sponsored by Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia Department of Pediatrics – British Columbia Children's Hospital and NextGenU. Special thanks to Alex Smith of EcoShock Radio for making this audio file available to Fairewinds.

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Gundersen: Implications of Fukushima Daiichi and Risks for the United States and Northwest

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Gundersen: Implications of Fukushima Daiichi and Risks for the United States and Northwest

Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment: Arnie Gundersen, nuclear expert and Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Associates, speaks with host Diane Horn about the implications of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and evaluates the nuclear risks facing the Northwest and the United States.

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Arnie and Maggie Gundersen talk Vermont Yankee, Fukushima, and the nuclear industry

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Arnie and Maggie Gundersen talk Vermont Yankee, Fukushima, and the nuclear industry

WKVT-AM: Steve West and Dan DeWalt: Nuclear industry analysts Arnie and Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education (non-profit) discuss the similarities between the BWR Mark 1 reactors at Fukushima Daiichi and Vermont Yankee. The Gundersens also discuss the issue of federal pre-emption in the NRC’s decision to approve VY’s license renewal, the Vermont Legislature’s decision that VY is not reliable and therefore should shut down, and Judge Murtha’s decision to allow the plant to continue to operate over the state’s objections.

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Fukushima-Daiichi: An Accident Waiting to Happen

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Fukushima-Daiichi: An Accident Waiting to Happen

CCTV Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Maggie and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds about Arnie's recent trip to Japan and their report for Greenpeace about the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The issue of regulatory capture is an issue that Japan and every energy producing country in the world is facing. As the Gundersen’s book Fukushima Daiichi: Truth and Future Prospects, published in Japan, points out, the Japanese people are poised to become energy innovators and world leaders with new technologies, if they choose to break their nuclear power dependency.

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