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…
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Will the NRC give SCE
what it wants, permission to restart?
A PUBLIC MEETING
NOTICE: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station DOCKET:
05000361/362 November 16th, 2012 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
(PDT) LOCATION: Doubletree Guest Sui…
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…
Fast, Pray, & Walk for a Nuclear Free Future and Respect for Mother Earth
Posted on November 2, 2012 by residentsorganizedforasafeenvironment
Fast, Pray, & Walk for a Nuclear Free Future and Respect for Mother Eart…
Continue readingThe DAB Safety Team’s Press Release 10-29-12
The DAB Safety Team has now published the differences in their damage assessment between San Onofre Replacement Steam Generators (RSG’s) Unit 2 and 3, and on the causes of Failure, …
Continue readingThe NRC has just posted this new topic on their blog site:
In Response to Your Letters: Proposed Restart of SONGS Unit 2
by Allison Macfarlane
NRC Chairman
http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/
You are encouraged to add you…
Continue readingThe San Francisco-based California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday published a draft investigation order regarding the idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
It will take up the matter at a public meeting Oct. 25 in Irvine.&nb…
Continue readingPosted Oct. 16, 2012, Salute to FOE!
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’s continued refusal to consider a legally binding hearing on the
future of the San Onofre nuclear plant h…
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…
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is headed by five Commissioners appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for five-year terms. One of them is designated by the President to be the Chairman and official spokesperson of the Commissio…
Continue readingSCE’s RESTART PR campaign is now in full swing, please tell your friends to find out what SanO insiders are saying about all the technical issues AGAINST RESTARTING SanO, before they attend the NRC Dana Pt. meeting on 10-09-12.
The complet…
Continue readingNews 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 readingThe DAB Safety Team is thankful to numerous
anonymous concerned SONGS Workers, who have provided factual information in the
interest of the Public Safety to us so that we could arrive at these “Reasonable
Conclusions?…
Here 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 readingACTION ALERT: ACT NOW & share this with your friends. We need hundreds of emails in their inbox Monday morning (use your gmail to get your email to them if you have one), and hundreds on calls Monday morning. Call Sen Boxer, NRC MacFarlane, NRC …
Continue readingMr. Collins,Thank you so much for your call this morning regarding the next NRC meeting on San Onofre. I believe we both seek to have a truly excellent quality public meeting to discuss the serious problems confronting the health and well being o…
Continue readingAs citizens of Southern California, we are deeply concerned about Southern California Edison’s projected restart of San Onofre Reactor Number 2 on or about November 18, 2012 and reactor number 3 on December 31, 2012. SCE’s plan to start the reactor…
Continue readingRegulators Cover for Edison: “No One at Fault”
July 20, 2012 (SAN CLEMENTE) – Yesterday’s announcement by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) stating that Southern California Edison (SCE) had complied with all regulations is yet another dange…
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 readingHere is a sample letter for people to send their congresspeople for our September Congressional Hearing. It is very important that your congressperson hear from you and others early and often to feel implored to attend!
Dear Congressman/woman,
I …
Continue readingCome meet a Japanese Anti-Nuke Activist Ms. Chieko ShiinaDate; Sunday July 8thFrom 1 PM to 5 PM
At: Aoi college of language at Irvine
http://www.aoicollege.com/
Tel: (949)856-1700xx Fax: (949)856-17014255 Campus Dr. University Center #A-200Irvi…
Continue readingTo a pro nuker who says nuclear is clean and safe.
I do thank you for the time you took to reply. First I am very happy that for the most part I feel people working in the nuke field are good people and try to be as safe as possible, and that is…
Continue readingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 31st, 2012
CONTACT: Gary Headrick, San Clemente Green – 949 412 3366; Gene Stone, ROSE, San Clemente – 949 233 7724
Decades-Long Seismic Risk at San Onofre Exposes Failures of Edis…
Continue readingMs. Chieko Shiina
ROSE is once again joining with No Nukes Action Committee, Peace Resource Center of SD and other groups who will bring one of the top anti-nuclear activists in Japan to the U.S. this summer for a 10 day trip across CA to help us in…
Continue readingRepresentatives 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 prom…
Continue readingThe NFC Network Summit will take place at Irons in the Fire Restaurant at 150 East Avenida Magdalena San Clemente, Ca 92672 starting at 10am sharp, ending at 4pm sharp. A vegetarian lunch will be served around 1pm. You may want to h…
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 readingThe next Nuclear Free Cal Network Summit will be in San Clemente on May 27th on Sunday at 10am to 4pm if you want to join us. RSVP please, cosponsored by ROSE, Peace Resource Center of SD, and Friends of the Earth. Only a few seats left for more inf…
Continue readingGovernor Jerry Brown
C/O State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Governor
Brown,
We are looking
for your support to keep California’s two nuclear power plants SHUTDOWN FOR
GOOD. Here are just a few reasons why:
1. &nb…
Continue readingCLICK TO ENLARGE
Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Clemente
Video is by Sheri Crummer, thanks SheriAging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
Continue readingHow much more evidence do we need? IT IS UP TO US, join us again and bring your friends.
The time is now! Now that SONGS is closed down, YOU AND ONLY YOU CAN KEEP IT CLOSED FOREVER!
Join us Sunday, April 29, 1-3 p.m. San Onofre Nuclear Gener…
Continue readingLet’s put the NRC on NOTICE and get others to do the same.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/notice-to-nuclear-regulatory-commission/
You can see how far they are willing to let things go by looking at the old generator they replaced.
Ag…
Continue readingVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICAROSE an other environment groups in the 50 mile radius from San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station are looking to start a volunteer Radiation Monitoring network (just like is going on in Japan right now). To volunteer you must…
Continue readingWhat is really going on at San Onofre? @AceHoffman explains “Why The San Onofre Nuke Plant Is Leaking Radiation” in terms anyone can understand. For more read his post on the subject.
Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukus…
(Total shutdown continues due
to failing new
generators which cost us $680 Million)
I asked this question of a whistle blower who was a licensed nuclear
operator at San Onofre and got the following exp…
Before you read this, I’d just like to point out that this is DAY 17 without any nuclear power coming from San Onofre, and the lights are still on. I think maybe they need us more than we need them.
Mayor and Councilmembers,
After coming so far …
Continue readingKevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear on the radiation leaks at San Onofre.
Did you know that 75% of Nuke plants leak radiation into the surrounding environment? Google it!
San Onofre: “It’s Just That Broken”
San Onofre Radiation Fallout Map
The …
Continue readingRadioactive water spills into containment dome, yet there is no danger
to the public, officials say.
http://sanclemente.patch.com/articles/operators-shut-down-san-onofre-one-reactor-unit-as-a-precaution#_=
Here we go again. The public rela…
Continue readingResidents Organized for Safe Environment (ROSE) Statement of Concern:
ROSE believes that the NRC’s stated alternative to Change the Waste Confidence away from the small step approach to the long-term Waste Confidence program for 200 years t…
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 readingvia GoddardsJournal / December 11, 2011 / Studies cited in order presented: National Academy of Sciences Low-Dose Radiation Report: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11340&page=R1 Data table used: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1…
Continue reading#OccupyOC
San Clemente Green has been invited to speak at Occupy Irvine about nuclear
power issues. This will be a well attended event with our supporters, the
growing encampment in OC and will also be drawing from the Occupy LA movement.
We are …