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San Onofre to Remain Offline Through Summer
San Onofre’s Steam Generator Failures Could Have Been Prevented Much more info about how the Operators of SORE (San Onofre Reactor Emergency) got caught trying to make major illegal modifications without telling the NRC. http://fairewinds.com/content/san-onofre%E2%80%99… + I expect to see SCE have to pay any and all damages because of this... See ""Sempra Chief Exec Dumps Almost $1 Million of Stock" by News Ticker" http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker…— June 8, 2012 2:06 p.m.
San Onofre to Remain Offline Through Summer
Great News for SoCal; much less risk of a Fukushima meltdown now that these two nuclear turkeys are shut down... FINALLY some credible reporting on what has up until this point been mostly Nuclear Baloney* foisted upon both the Japanese and those of us in the USA who are now breathing Fukushima radioactive pollution GLOBALLY… LEFT UNSAID, is why anyone should accept any amounts of radioactive pollution from any reactor World-Wide. If radioactive pollution from say Iran or North Korea covered the USA and Europe like Fukushima’s radioactivity is ow doing, the USA and or NATO would be considering bombing them or at lease rattling sabers; yet because it is Japan, the Nuclear Fascists** just put on a happy face and lobby for ever more nuclear reactors. Thanks to the web and blogs like this one, many have taken up the call to report on what is really happening not just in Japan and the USA but in every Country that is plagued by leaking and or aged reactors. No more are people willing to accept the myth of 100% safety since Fukushima proved beyond a doubt that Nature can destroy any land based nuclear reactor, any place anytime 24/7/365! That realization plus the RISK of a Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster like Fukushima have made even previous supporters of nuclear energy rethink future Energy plans. With the cost of Solar (of all flavors) dropping almost monthly and the cost of nuclear spiraling ever upward, shifting to renewables has never been more practical unless you are receiving some form of Nuclear Payback***. * http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nu… ** http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nu… *** http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nu… --->Those that support nuclear power because nuclear power somehow supports them; ...... no matter what the health implications or other “costs” are for others.— June 8, 2012 2 p.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
**Should We Hide Low-Dose Radiation Exposures From The Public?** http://is.gd/uMOoCC snip When fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster began appearing last Spring in U.S. air, rainwater, drinking water, and milk, many U.S. media outlets ignored the story. It was a difficult story to cover. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was releasing raw data erratically, sometimes late on Friday afternoons, and reporters either had to possess radiation expertise or take a crash course in picocuries, millisieverts, MCLs and DILs.— May 31, 2012 4:42 p.m.
There Goes the Neighborhood (North Park)
***There Goes The Neighborhood*** Having attending TOO many NP meetings in the past and having just found out about this event, I wonder if anyone attending will be talking about any of the downsides of what is now happening in North Park! *At least they named the event correctly.* If North Park continues to "evolve" like it has done in the last 5+ years we can expect to see much more crime, more traffic, many more alcohol establishments and far less artists working in North Park! North Park is now #3 in City wide violent crime after PB and East Village (in 2011), North Park was #1 in 2010. http://is.gd/9lLQYN Because traffic in North Park is now starting to look more like City Heights bumper to bumper traffic at rush hour, more commuters are starting to use residential streets which never before was the case! More Alcohol Establishments are on the way for North Park despite the fact that North Park's three 3 of it's 4 census tracts are already "over saturated" as defined by the California ABC, but they continue to approve ever more licenses because of a legal "loop hole" called PCN (Public Convince and Necessity), so really nothing is stopping North Park from having a 1000 or more businesses selling alcohol... Using Ray Street at Night as an example, the amount of Art in our "famous" Arts and Entertainment District is only a faint glimmer of it's past greatness! Like the surfers that first discover a great place to surf and hang out, only to be driven away by building blight; the artists of North Park for the most part have been relocating because of increasing rents thanks to absentee land lords and a depressed economy. Now North Park is becoming the new "INLAND" Pacific Beach complete with traffic, crime and an ever increasing number of business that rely on alcohol to pencil out. After a long time of living in peace and quiet, (especially between midnight and 3 A.M.), local residents living near the once quiet business district now get to "enjoy" noisy patrons trying to make their way back toward their vehicles three+ nights a week in the middle of the night and then having to clean up after them the next day! **Good Luck North Park!** Below is the link (I just got) to the events regarding North Park titled "There Goes The Neighborhood" to be held from Thursday May 31st to Sunday June 3rd at various locations. ***There Goes The Neighborhood***: http://www.theregoes.org/schedule.html http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/3…— May 30, 2012 5:51 p.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
Top Cancer Doctor: Irresponsible to say cesium in California bluefin tuna is nothing to worry about — You have radioactive material in fish, which is being eaten by people (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/?p=33317— May 30, 2012 8:44 a.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
I added some more info below...— May 30, 2012 8:03 a.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
**Is this what we want our future to be like?** Radioactive Bluefin Tuna From Japan Caught Off California Coast http://is.gd/rbdewr snip LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away — the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance. "We were frankly kind of startled," said Nicholas Fisher, one of the researchers reporting the findings online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The levels of radioactive cesium were 10 times higher than the amount measured in tuna off the California coast in previous years. But even so, that's still far below safe-to-eat limits set by the U.S. and Japanese governments **+ More here:** http://enenews.com/?p=33286 http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/3…— May 30, 2012 7:56 a.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
ROSE: Residents Organized for a Safe Environment NUCLEAR FREE CAL (NFC) PRESS RELEASE MAY 27 http://wp.me/p1VQox-fS snip STATEWIDE NUCLEAR SUMMIT GAINS ENERGY IN THE FIGHT FOR NUCLEAR SANITY Representatives of more than 25 anti-nuclear activist and energy sustainability organizations gathered in San Clemente, California on Sunday, May 27, to discuss strategy and plan actions against nuclear power operations in California and to promote renewable energy sources and energy efficiency solutions. The coalition, meeting for the fifth time since Fukushima, is determined to continue the fight to stop San Onofre from operating this summer and beyond, with the understanding that excess energy already exists in the state to cover our needs. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/3…— May 30, 2012 7:43 a.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
RE: **The question remains: who will foot the bill for expenses related to the plant shutdown?** I notice that the Shareholders of SCE, Sempra and or SDG&E are never mentioned, why is that? ***The "Utility" decided to try and sneak in a completely redesigned system without informing the NRC as they are required by law to due!*** In my mind that puts the responsibility on them not the rate payers who have no say in the operation or redesign of these nuclear turkeys! Much more tech info here: San Onofre’s Steam Generator Failures Could Have Been Prevented http://is.gd/BJtn6e snip These implementing procedures created for 10 CFR. 50.59 require that the license be amended unless none of these eight criteria are triggered by any change made by Edison at San Onofre. If a single criterion is met, then the regulation requires that the licensee pursue a license amendment process. By claiming that the steam generator replacements were a like-for-like design and fabrication, Edison avoided the more rigorous license amendment process. From the evidence reviewed, it appears that the NRC accepted Edison’s statement and documents without further independent analysis. In the analysis detailed below, Fairewinds identified 39 separate safety issues that failed to meet the NRC 50.59 criteria. Any one of these 39 separate safety issues should have triggered the license amendment review process by which the NRC would have been notified of the proposed significant design and fabrication changes.— May 30, 2012 7:17 a.m.
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
From the Web: It is not just the Leaders, it is the Energy SYSTEM itself that is keeping the US from going Solar (of all flavors) much quicker... Many, many more would install Solar if the Utilities paid those that installed Solar for the energy they put INTO the grid, at the very same rate that the Utility charges for that same Energy to folks that take Energy OUT of the Grid! By not paying the same amount, the Utility shareholders receive additional money they do not deserve and the folks that have installed solar end up with a much longer payback period! You can be sure if these Utilities operate their own Solar Farms, they will pay themselves every penny they can... Remember Solar usually adds Energy during peak period of use (daytime) and it is only fair that if the Utility charges more for Energy used during that period (by using Smart meters) then they should also credit that exact amount to those with Solar that add Energy during those periods! ***Remember we all already pay an additional fee for maintaining the Grid itself, so this rate ripoff is nothing but Utility "Profit" Scam...*** It is time to STOP THE SOLAR ENERGY RIPOFF! **Why should shareholders get record profits while the only thing rate payers get is ever increasing bills?**— May 30, 2012 7:08 a.m.