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*** Examples Cont.*** • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., manufacturer of these RSGs stated in December 2006, “There is no standard design for a replacement SG because the specifications and plant requirements vary among customers. By applying the following latest advanced technologies to all SGs, improvements were made which cope with all past problems such as tube corrosion, vibration and wear, fatigue, and water hammer, and products which satisfy customers' advanced demands for heat transfer capability and moisture content are being supplied. (1) Tube material of high nickel alloy TT690 with excellent corrosion resistance, (2) Outstanding tube support plate design, tube expansion technology in tube sheets, (3) Tube support structure at U-bends with high support function. The tube support structure at a U-bend is a unique design with reduced flow resistance increasing the number of support points. Together with excellent assembly technology during manufacturing, high reliability against vibration and wear of heat transfer tubes is achieved, and (4) MHI has developed a small, high-performance moisture separator by optimizing the geometry of the parts based on extensive field pressure tests. As a result, replacement SGs corresponding to power up-rating and/or advanced moisture requirements can be designed. Source: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Technical Review Vol. 43 No. 4 (Dec. 2006). • Ei Kadokami, the deputy manager of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in an article in the March-April 2009 Edition of the Nuclear Plant Journal explained some of the changes and expectations in MHI steam generators, “Tube P/D (pitch/outer diameter) is narrower than others so that the tube bundle and the Steam Generator itself are smaller, which is the first feature. The second feature MHI would like to emphasize is that MHI has not experienced any significant degradation in recent design. Alloy 690 is used for almost all steam generators and has high resistance against corrosion, but some steam generators fabricated by other manufacturers have wear caused by tube vibration in the U bend region. No tube wear has been experienced in recent MHI steam generators because not only AVB and TSP are designed to have enough margin against fretting wear but also the manufacturing procedure is appropriate to control gaps between the tube and AVB. Nuclear Plant Journal, Plant Maintenance & Plant Life Extension Issue, March-April 2009 volume 27 No. 2, ISSN: 0892-2055”— June 19, 2014 5:42 p.m.
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* ***Examples of PAST public statements made about the SCE Replacement Steam Generator Project:*** PART 1 - MOST EFFICIENT 21ST CENTURY MACHINERY Question 1: What did the designer (Edison) and manufacturer (MHI) proudly proclaim to the public about these “Innovative Replacement Steam Generators”? • Mike Wharton, Edison Manager of the steam-generator replacement project said, “The new steam generators are designed to last longer. They are designed for 40 years. We expect we’ll actually be able to get 60 years out of them … better materials, better design. You learn over the course of years what works well and what doesn’t, and you try to build it into the next generation. December 24th, 2009 Source: OC Register.” • Pete Dietrich, SONGS Chief Nuclear Officer said in Jan 10 2012, ”The plant’s largest components — steam generators — are just two years old and represent the safest, most efficient 21st century machinery Source: Market Watch.” • Ross Ridenoure, Southern California Edison senior vice president and chief nuclear officer, said, “ The installation is “a major milestone in the station’s history. We’re committed to making sure it’s done right. Source: January 28th, 2009, LA Times. • John R. Fielder, Edison President said, “New steam generators are cheaper for ratepayers than building new power plants or buying power on the open market. Source: LA Times, December 16th, 2005.— June 19, 2014 5:41 p.m.
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**One public statement made at the meeting that I agree with:** OPPOSITION TO SCE’S PROPOSED RATEPAYER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT – RE: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2 & 3 Proposed Settlement COSTA MESA COMMUNITY CENTER – CPUC MEETING - 06/16/14 Despite any well meaning but ill-informed public comments urging acceptance of the premature proposed settlement, the CPUC cannot in good faith promote for any settlement of the ongoing San Onofre investigation until we both (the CPUC and the public) learn exactly what caused SCE's multi-billion dollar design debacle of the Replacement Steam Generator Project. Once we discover what went wrong, we will then be able to assign responsibility and thereby determine who should pay for all the damages at San Onofre. We do know that the Original Steam Generators lasted well over 25 years, and SCE promised us that their newly designed Replacement Steam Generators would last far longer than the Original Steam Generators and save us over a billion dollars*, yet SCE's highly touted improved in-house designed Replacement Steam Generators failed almost as soon as they were installed. In fact, both Unit 2's Replacement Steam Generators failed in less than 2 years and both Unit 3's Replacement Steam Generators failed in less than one year. One thing that now perfectly clear is that southern California ratepayers who were forced by the CPUC to allow SCE to manage the San Onofre Replacement Steam Generator Project (RSGP) in a responsible and cost effective manner are in no way liable for the failure of the Replacement Steam Generators or the premature closure of San Onofre which was a direct result of the Replacement Steam Generator failures listed above… Yet another key issue is the ”refund mechanism” which itself is not even clearly explained in the proposed settlement documentation. Any settlement needs to clearly inform ratepayers how much money they will receive and when! Until all these vitally important details are worked out, no settlement can or even should be considered by the CPUC or the public they serve!— June 19, 2014 5:38 p.m.
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Here is an excellent Nuclear Industry Article (with charts) in which both SCE and MHI engineers *brag* about improving San Onofre's replacement Steam Generators using the NRC's 59.90 Like-For-Like or direct replacement procedure. This was published about 2 weeks before San Onofre's Unit 3 Replacement Steam Generator started leaking, in what some refer to as ***Nuclear Karma.***: ***Improving Like-For-Like RSGs*** https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/doc…— June 19, 2014 5:33 p.m.
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Yes, the American Dream is now but a fond memory to all those of US that lived through the 50's and 60's as the USA we were forced to forget about the Biblical Golden Rule and adopt the *New Age* Golden Rule: **Those with the Gold Make The Rules..**— June 19, 2014 5:11 p.m.
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Don - I believe MurphyJunk was taking about Peevey & Gov. Brown... As for me, I forgetaboutit— June 19, 2014 5:06 p.m.
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Yes, I agree 100%, it is also a shame that more of those living in San Diego are not interested enough to even become informed. The modern version of *"For want of a nail"* is the Presidential election that was decided by the *"hanging chad"*...— June 19, 2014 2:30 p.m.
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Potable water will be the new Oil and it is just smart planning to start building capacity ASAP, **but** our State Officials seem to be doing everything they can to make the price of water zoom upward, except for all those that are exempt from paying for water, and it is a big list. The best way to produce clean water would be to have an offshore floating desalt. plant and that way its outflow would be mixed with the ocean currents and not localized in the shallow water near the beach. Hopefully soon these plants will be easy to position where needed and be powered by wind and/or Solar panels providing as much clean water as needed, when their electricity generation is not needed... More here: [http://independent.com/news/2014/may/29/desalinat…] [1]: http://independent.com/news/2014/may/29/desalinat…— June 19, 2014 1:46 p.m.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-microgrids-… + Elon Musk's SolarCity wants to build a gigawatt solar panel factory http://shar.es/PMKTW— June 18, 2014 4:50 p.m.
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That meeting was video taped and should be posted on the web soon. Another thing that happened was that the UCAN spokesperson started his introduction by saying that he represented the ratepayers in San Diego and someone in the audience called out ***not any more***, which I feel was justified because UCAN has done nothing lately except try and get money from the CPUC... Now all of a sudden we have a UCAN *spokesperson* saying that "they" support the settlement, when in fact a surprising number of people from San Diego were at the meeting and spoke out against the settlement as premature, biased toward SCE and their minority owners SDG&E, which stand to make billions from it. See comments here: **Do Corporate Contributions Unfairly Influence Energy Industry Rules?** [link text][1] and **A 'David vs. Goliath' tale of how a small environmental group helped close the San Onofre nuclear power plant** [link text][2] and **Who should pay for defective San Onofre generators?** [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/settlement-618…] [1]: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2014/0… [2]: http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/06/12/37678/a-david… [3]: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/settlement-618…— June 18, 2014 4:39 p.m.