The Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a plan to allow radioactively-contaminated metal from nuclear weapons facilities to be “recycled.” This would allow this toxic metal to be mixed with clean recycled metal and enter into normal commerce—where it could be turned into anything from your next pants zipper to baby toys. Act NOW to stop this outrage! http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12406
A year ago, a leak of radiation caused an emergency shutdown of a reactor at the San Onofre nuclear site -- a crisis that led to the discovery of unprecedented damage in critical equipment and has kept the reactors offline ever since. However the plant operator, Southern California Edison, wants to restart the reactors. A new online ad from Friends of the Earth raises the question of freeway gridlock if people near the plant were ordered to evacuate in the event of a more serious accident. - Published on Jan 28, 2013 News releases | Friends of the Earth No way out: Freeway gridlock could stall evacuation from San Onofre
Posted Jan. 28, 2013 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes
A year after leak, online tool shows your distance -- and risk -- from accident at crippled reactor
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One year ago, a leak of radiation caused an emergency shutdown of a reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant -- a crisis that led to the discovery of unprecedented damage to critical equipment and has kept the plant closed ever since. But Southern California Edison wants to experimentally restart one of the crippled reactors.
If this experiment fails the result could be a massive release of radiation and the evacuation of millions of Southern Californians. Would you need to evacuate? Where would you go?
Now, a new interactive online mapping tool from Friends of the Earth shows Southern Californians just how far they are from Southern California Edison’s crippled reactors. If you’re in the official 10-mile evacuation zone, the site shows you where you’re supposed to go for safety. Or you may find that like 8.5 million others, you’re within the 50-mile zone the U.S. government advised Americans in Japan to evacuate from after the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
The mapping site complements a new social media campaign from Friends of the Earth, featuringan online ad that raises the question of freeway gridlock if people near the plant were ordered to evacuate.
Last year, a Friends of the Earth poll of residents within the Edison service area found that more than 50 percent did not know whether they were in the evacuation zone for a serious accident at San Onofre. Almost three-fourths of those surveyed said they were concerned about another accident.
“On the anniversary of the radiation leak -- which independent nuclear engineers and NRC technical staff have said could have been much worse -- it’s important for Southern Californians to stop and think about what they would do if the NRC allows an experimental restart of a severely damaged reactor and as a result there’s a more serious accident,” said Kendra Ulrich, nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth. “There’s only one sure way to ensure the safety of the public -- keep the crippled San Onofre reactors shut down.”
Published on Apr 2, 2012: A new television ad targeting Southern California Edison calls on residents to let the utility know that their families come first -- and that it must not restart the troubled San Onofre nuclear reactors, which are currently closed due to serious safety problems. special thanks to FRIENDS OF THE EARTH U.S.
One year ago, a radiation leak nearly became a major nuclear disaster.
A year without any blackouts proves we don’t need to live with the danger.
Safe, reliable and sustainable alternatives will provide energy and jobs.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will meet with the public on February 12th to discuss the status of its review of Southern California Edison’s proposed plan to restart San Onofre Reactor Unit 2 WITHOUT fixing it first. The NRC expects to make a decision in April or May 2013 on whether to allow San Onofre Unit 2 reactor to restart.
Both Unit 2 and 3 reactors have the most defective replacement steam generators in U.S. history. Edison’s flawed redesign of these critical steam generators resulted in decades of wear in less than two years and a radiation leak in less than one year of operation. Now Edison wants to restart the Unit 2 reactor without repairing or replacing the defective and worn steam generators. See handout of why the San Onofre Nuclear Reactors should not be restarted.
Please attend this NRC meeting and share this information with others.
This is a Category 3 meeting. Members of the public will be able to ask questions and provide comments concerning the inspection and technical evaluation activities throughout the meeting. The NRC staff will discuss the status of its inspection and technical evaluation of Southern California Edison’s October 3, 2012, response for Unit 2 to the March 27, 2012, NRC Confirmatory Action Letter. The NRC will respond to questions about their current inspection and evaluation activities associated with the replacement steam generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
NRC PARTICIPANTS
A. Howell, Team Manager, SONGS Special Project, Region IV
R. Lantz, Chief, SONGS Project Branch (SPB)
G. Werner, Inspection & Assessment Lead, SPB
D. Broaddus, Chief, SONGS Project Branch, NRR
D. Dorman, SONGS Oversight Panel Co-Chairman, NRR
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WEBCAST: This meeting will be available via public webcast at http://video.nrc.gov. The video stream will be active for approximately 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting.
TELECONFERENCE: To listen to the meeting, call via the following toll-free number: 1-888-790-2038; Passcode 47018. The audio stream will be available once the meeting begins.
The webcast and phone bridge will be one-way only.
Questions or comments regarding San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station can be submitted at any time to OPA4@nrc.gov.
MEETING CONTACT
Ryan Lantz, Chief SONGS Project Branch
817-200-1173
Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov
-------------- Final NRC Public Meeting on ReStart of Defective San Onofre Nuclear Reactor (facebook event page) Tuesday, February 12, 2013 This is very likely the last Public Meeting IN SoCal before the NRC makes its decision on SoCal Edison's reckless and greedy proposal to ReStart the defective Unit 2 nuclear reactor at San Onofre. Our Coalition to Decommission San Onofre will likely hold a Press Conference at 4pm, at the meeting site, please stay tuned and attend if you can. Please plan to arrive early for the 6pm Meeting to snag seats. Carpooling encouraged: Post your Offer to Drive or Desire to Ride w/ starting point in the Comments here.
From the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Meeting Notice: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting on Feb. 12 to discuss the status of its review of Southern California Edison Co.’s (SCE) proposed plan for restarting San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2. The plant, operated by SCE, is located in San Clemente, Calif. The meeting will be held from 6-9 p.m. at the Capo Beach Church, 25975 Domingo Ave., in Capistrano Beach, Calif. The facility has seating for 1,100 persons and parking is free.
"NRC staff will meet with the public to discuss the status of its inspection and technical evaluation of SCE’s response to the NRC Confirmatory Action Letter of March 27, concerning actions required to be taken by the company to address steam generator tube degradation at San Onofre. The company’s response to the Confirmatory Action Letter is available on the NRC website.
"A leak in a Unit 3 steam generator tube on Jan. 31, 2012, led to the shutdown of that unit. The other reactor, Unit 2, was shut down for maintenance and refueling at the time. Subsequent inspections of the nearly new steam generators in both units found unexpected wear. Both units remain safely shut down and will not be permitted to restart until NRC has reasonable assurance they can be operated safely. The public will have an opportunity to ask questions of the NRC staff and Southern California Edison Co. officials and provide comments concerning the inspection and technical evaluation activities throughout the meeting.
“We want to provide the public with a status report on the NRC’s inspection activities at San Onofre and our ongoing evaluation of Southern California Edison’s proposal for restarting Unit 2,” said NRC Region IV Administrator Elmo E. Collins. “We encourage interested members of the public to attend the meeting, ask questions and provide comments to the NRC staff about our ongoing review.”
"Contact: Victor Dricks (817) 200-1128, Lara Uselding (817) 200-1519
"The meeting will be webcast live at: http://video.nrc.gov/ . The video stream will begin about 5 p.m. PDT, but the audio stream will not start until the meeting begins. A phone bridge is also available by calling: 1-888-790-2038 and entering passcode 47018. The webcast and phone bridge will be one-way only. Questions or comments can be submitted to the NRC staff after the meeting at: OPA4@nrc.gov . ###
Take your smart phones and cameras and tell your friends and neighbors. If you’re not there, have a relay system to receive posts and tweets and move them around the planet, as if our very lives depend on it. WE ARE THE MEDIA NOW, and for that, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE. Blog about it. Post About It. Comment and Share. Tweet. Digg. Email. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// EVENT NOTICE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 CAPO BEACH CHURCH 25975 DOMINGO AVENUE, CAPISTRANO BEACH CA 6-9 PM Facility has seating for 1,100 persons and parking is free. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
"DO NOT WALK QUIETLY IN THIS OPEN AIR AUSCHWITZ"
All reactors LEAK, All the time. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ PS: Hey, as the Nukers amp up their media campaign to shut down the protests rather than shut down the nuke plant, please share any new news….good bad or ugly….on the community page,
If you have your own SONGS groups, share about them on these walls….and if you don’t have your own SONGS community groups, and if you live on the West Coast of the USA, or know people who do…CREATE SOME GROUPS….
think locally, act globally, occupy virtually. If you don't like Lucy, don't worry about it. Share anyway.... not all her friends are as outspoken and impolite as she can be....
It's ONE WORK about these NUKE KILLERS... choose your side, show your colors. :D
You probably saw recent news that (the NRC guy mentioned in current blog) and his crew are making big time propaganda moves to hush it all down with the move toward a RESTART'decision' in April May..... um hmmmmmm
See inside the blog also for February SAN ONOFRE PUBLIC HEARING EVENT, including some very important questions that require answers!!!
None of us get out of this boiling pot alive, but reducing the new fires can be productive.....
We are the Media Now. PREPARE NOW. Be prepared.
You have already been warned..... Now warn YOUR friends and YOUR neighbors about the DANGEROUS INTENDED EXPERIMENTAL RESTART OF SAN ONOFRE NUKE POWER PLANT sometime this Spring. (or RIP)
Do your SONGS friends truly get FUKUSHIMA? And the ELE it triggered. A SONGS meltdown from the experiment would simply expedite the already 'shortened life-spans'. I like to remind people that SONGS is just... Fukushima, USA....
WE ARE THE MEDIA NOW, ever grateful that Anonymous Precedes Unanimous. Remember: ALL REACTORS LEAK, ALL THE TIME. Meltdowns do more, much more.
BE ALARMED AND BE ALARMING.
Do not Walk Quietly in this Open Air Auschwitz! #Fukushima, USA aka SONGS aka San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
Einstein said,
"The splitting
of the atom
changed everything
save man's mode
of thinking;
thus we drift towards
unparalleled catastrophe."
He also said,
"Nuclear power is a hell of a way
to boil water!"
