Tyson Slocum (pictured at left), director of Public Citizen's Energy Program, went head to head with William Tucker, author of Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey, debating the pros and cons of the Vermont Yankee atomic reactor in particular, and nuclear power in general. WCAX tv aired a report on the debate, as the Vermont State Legislature debates whether or not to grant Vermont Yankee a 20 year license extension, as it leaks large concentrations of radioactive and carcinogenic tritium into groundwater that flows into the Connecticut River. A podcast of Slovum v. Tucker is also available at Vermont's WDEV radio's Mark Johson Show.