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Diablo Canyon, California. The name says it all- Devil’s Canyon. Swimming Pools said to be Fresh Water Reservoirs

In the mainstream news on Monday was discussion of a secret document from last year, found online at the Friends of the Earth web site. As the US NRC is voting today on an Environmental Impact Statement, which excludes seismic considerations from 4 nuclear sites, 3 on the west coast, and with a major California earthquake on the weekend, it is timely:
“U.S. inspector wanted reactor shut on quake fears: report
Posted:Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:31:14 GMT
(Reuters) – A federal nuclear inspector urged U.S. regulators to shut down a California nuclear power plant until tests showed its reactors could withstand shocks from nearby earthquake faults, according to the Associated Press and an environmental group” http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/09Genj0_LOg/story01.htm

“Diablo Canyon: Secret document details federal safety inspector’s alarm over plant’s vulnerability to…

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July 8, 2019 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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  1. I got curious again about Cafe RadLab
    I wemt to the site. I got a viris, that totally destroyed my laptop drive. True story. The guy who designed it is alright. Too bad it is coming to this. Hope Nuclear News keeps going

    Nick Hashimoto's avatar Comment by Nick Hashimoto | July 8, 2019 | Reply


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