Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen was interviewed on Russia Today to discuss Southern California Edison’s “San Onofre” Power Plant. Arnie says, “The worst plant in the U.S. for evacuation plans, is San Onofre. When they built it in the fifties, no one w…
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SCE’s PR Machine Is Capable Of Overcoming ALL Hurdles,
Except Good Science And Safety
Albert Einstein also described INSANITY as
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The DAB Safe…
Continue readingSCE’s PR Machine Is Capable Of Overcoming ALL Hurdles,
Except Good Science And Safety
Albert Einstein also described INSANITY as
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The DAB Safe…
Continue readingNRR RAI Answers Will Prevent Any SCE Restart At San Onofre
The NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has requested from Edison in a
letter dated December 26, 2012, the following additional information (RAI
#32): “Please …
NRR RAI Answers Will Prevent Any SCE Restart At San Onofre
The NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has requested from Edison in a
letter dated December 26, 2012, the following additional information (RAI
#32): “Please …
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In this week’s Fairewinds podcast Arnie Gundersen discusses rece…
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Continue readingThe 14 most important questions that the DAB Safety Team feels must be answered before the NRC, Atomic Safety Licensing Board, NRC Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulations and Nuclear Regulatory Research can complete their investigation …
Continue readingThe 14 most important questions that the DAB Safety Team feels must be answered before the NRC, Atomic Safety Licensing Board, NRC Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulations and Nuclear Regulatory Research can complete their investigation …
Continue readingNRC No Restart at San Onofre
Steam
generator tubes and their support structures need to be extremely carefully
designed and manufactured within the allowed design tolerances. These tubes preform a very important safety
function b…
NRC No Restart at San Onofre
Steam
generator tubes and their support structures need to be extremely carefully
designed and manufactured within the allowed design tolerances. These tubes preform a very important safety
function b…
The DAB Safety Team Agrees With Newly Released MHI Data:
Plug All Of SONGS Unsafe Tubes, Not Just Some
The DAB
Safety Team along with the support of an ever-growing number of SONGS
Concerned Insiders and Whistleblowers, prepared t…
San Onofre Unit 2 Replacement Steam Generators Incomplete and Inadequate Tube Inspections
San Diego, CA (November 9, 2012) – The failure of eight Replacement Steam Generator (RSG) tubes (something which has never
happened before…
PRESS RELEASE
DAB Safety Team November 02, 2012
Media Contact: Don Leichtling
(619) 260-0160 or Ace Hoffman (760) 720-7261
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fluid Elastic Instability
(FEI) is a phenomenon that can…
PRESS RELEASE
DAB Safety Team November 02, 2012
Media Contact: Don Leichtling
(619) 260-0160 or Ace Hoffman (760) 720-7261
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fluid Elastic Instability
(FEI) is a phenomenon that can…
The DAB
Safety Team’s – Update 10-14-12, SCE’s Replacement
Steam Generator $680 Million Debacle
1. If SCE’s and MHI’s Engineers had used all the following
guidelines, they would have p…
News Release
News Release
For immediate release | September 13, 2012 Media Hotline ? 888.516.6397
For more information, contact:
Steven Greenlee | sgreenlee@caiso.com Stephanie McCorkle | smccorkle@caiso.com
California ISO prepares for another …
Continue readingHere are some questions for the Public and MSM Reporters to ask the NRC prior to the Public Meeting scheduled about restarting San Onofre on Oct. 9, 2012:
Has the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (MHI) Root Cause Evaluation been completed and a…
Continue readingTONIGHT San Clemente City Council is poised to make history yet again regarding the San Onofre nuclear power plant. They will consider calling for special hearings and investigations about SAFETY, COST and RELIABILITY in formal letters to the Nucle…
Continue readingConclusion
Because the identical failure modes exist in both San Onofre Unit 2 and 3 and because
the damage to both Units is especially excessive, when compared to the remainder of the
US nuclear power plants, it is Fairewinds’ opinion that both…
Conclusion
Because the identical failure modes exist in both San Onofre Unit 2 and 3 and because
the damage to both Units is especially excessive, when compared to the remainder of the
US nuclear power plants, it is Fairewinds’ opinion that both…
San Onofre is located in an urban area on the coast south of San Clemente with millions of people, in a tsunami hazard zone, above intersecting active earthquake faults and has the worst safety record of all 104 reactors in the U.S. .
Aging Nuke P…
Continue readingIn conclusion, the NRC has stated that nuclear power plants like San Onofre cannot risk compromising critical safety systems and possible radiological contamination in an effort to return to operation before a thorough root cause analysis, modification…
Continue readingArnie Gundersen of Fairewinds analyzes cancer rates for young children near Fukushima using the National Academy of Science’s BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) VII Report. Based on BEIR VII, Fairewinds determines that at least one in e…
Continue readingIs the Japanese government and the IAEA protecting the nuclear industry and not the people of Japan by claiming that Fukushima is stable when it is not? Fairewinds’ chief engineer Arnie Gundersen outlines major inconsistencies and double-speak by …
Continue readingArnie Gundersen of Fairwinds Associates (a leading nuclear expert) and Warren Pollock (http://www.wepollock.com) redefine the Fukushima nuclear incidents (meltdowns and explosions) in terms of human and total cost. Its easy to look at the details of…
Continue readingCNN’s John King and Arnie Gundersen discuss “hot particles” detected in Seattle and Japan, the cozy relationship between Japanese regulator NISA (Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) and plant owner TEPCO, and changes at the Fukushima accident site…
Continue readingCity Council will be meeting Tuesday at 6pm/City Hall after a 4 month long investigation into “Lessons Learned From Fukushima”. The Staff Report recommends a series of letters supporting existing initiatives already underway to the higher…
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