Southern California Edison Announces Plans to Retire San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station!

Southern California Edison Announces Plans to Retire San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

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Nuclear Reactors Have No Off Switch Arnie Gundersen

'The Fukushima Nuclear Accident -
Lessons for California from then Prime Minister Kan and other distinguished speakers.'

In this segment, Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds Associates, gives his analysis of the lessons learned from Fukushima applied to San Onofre.

The public forum, held June 4, 2013 in the San Diego City Council chambers, was organized by Torgen Johnson.

View Arnie Gundersens presentation here 

Captured by EON and re-posted here as a public service.

Sooner or later, in any foolproof system, the fools exceed the proofs! ~ Arnie Gundersen 

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The Naoto Kan Line

You do not have to be against nuclear power, 

to be against restarting the San Onofre nuclear power plant. 

Lessons for California from the former Prime Minister of Japan at the start of the Fukushima crisis Naoto Kan.

In this segment, Mr. Kan relates his experiences and conclusions regarding the on-going Fukushima disaster and shares his views on the dangers of nuclear power.

The public forum, held June 4, 2013 in the San Diego City Council chambers, was organized by Torgen Johnson

Captured by EON and re-posted here as a public service.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan warned today that the worst-case nuclear accident at Fukushima would have required evacuating a 190-mile radius from from the disaster.

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Gregory Jaczko Fukushima Lessons for California

You do not have to be against nuclear power,

to be against restarting the San Onofre nuclear power plant. 

Lessons for California from Gregory Jaczko, Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

In this segment the Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shares his views on nuclear safety issues in the U.S. in the light of the on-going Fukushima disaster, and his view that San Onofre should not be restarted.

The public forum, held June 4, 2013 in the San Diego City Council chambers, was organized by Torgen Johnson.

In addition to Prime Minister Kan (ably translated by Cathy Iwane) speakers included:
Gregory Jaczko, Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Peter A. Bradford, former member of the NRC; and Kendra Ulrich, Friends of the Earth.

Captured by EON and reposted here as a public service.

Nuclear Accidents Do Happen. ~ Gregory Jaczko

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Lessons From Fukushima For San Onofre

Lessons From Fukushima For San Onofre 

Two public figures who led the response in Japan and the United States to the Fukushima reactor crisis will appear together Tuesday for the first time to outline the lessons of Fukushima for Southern California, which now awaits the decision on whether or not the leaky San Onofre reactors near San Diego will be restarted.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will discuss his concerns about the inherent dangers posed by nuclear reactors. He will be joined by former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Gregory Jaczko, who has emerged as a leading critic of safety at U.S. nuclear power plants.

The event will be available live both to reporters in San Diego and via phone feed and Webcast to members of the news media elsewhere in the U.S.

News event speakers will be:

• The Honorable Naoto Kan, former Prime Minister of Japan from June 2010 to August 2011;
• Gregory Jaczko, former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from May 2009 to July 2012;
• Peter A. Bradford, adjunct professor at the Vermont Law School, a former member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and a former utility commission chair in New York and Maine;
• Arnold "Arnie" Gundersen, chief engineer of the energy consulting company Fairewinds Associates, and a former nuclear power industry executive; and 
• Dave Roberts, County Board of Supervisors, San Diego.

FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF SO CAL : A live Webcast from this news event will be available to reporters outside of San Diego, CA., starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT/11:30 a.m. EDT on June 4, 2013, at http://av4b.com/live/


FOR PEOPLE IN SO CAL: Members of the media in the San Diego area are invited to attend the seminar starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT on June 4, 2013, at the Chambers of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, 3rd Floor, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego. (MAP)


MEDIA CONTACT: Alex Frank at (703) 276-3264 or afrank@hastingsgroup.com. 

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ACTION ALERT DEMAND ACTION NOW

ACTION ALERT, WRITE OR CALL NRC COMMISSION AND DEMAND THEY TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SCE EXECUTIVES WHO LIED TO THE NRC. ITEM 2 DEMAND THE SCHEDULING OF THE ADJUDICATED PUBLIC HEARING.

Email address and Phone #’s of the NRC commission below.
Chairman@nrc.gov Tel: 301-415-1750
CMRSVINICKI@nrc.gov Tel: 301-415-1855
CMRAPOSTOLAKIS@nrc.gov Tel: 301-415-1810
CMRMAGWOOD@nrc.gov Tel: 301-415-8420
CMROSTENDORFF@nrc.gov Tel: 301-415-1800

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Dr. Donald Mosier on San Onofre Risks

Scripps Research Institute Department of Immunology scientist and Del Mar, Ca. City Council Member Prof. Donald Mosier, M.D. explains the serious risks of San Onofre nuclear plant operation from both a scientific and a public policy point of view.

Decommission San Onofre.

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