Action Letter to Gov Brown

Governor 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.      SAFETY FOR CITIZENS BEFORE PROFITS FOR POWER COMPANIES.

2.      The problem with the steam generators at San Onofre were caused by Southern California Edison’s upgrades (NOT LIKE FOR LIKE) with the increase of 400 tubes to increase profits, which in turn has put over 8.4 million people at a much greater risk of a NUCLEAR DISASTER in the 50 mile radius.  This will severely damage the world’s eighth largest economy, California.

3.      These two plants could not be built under today’s rules and guidelines for earthquakes and tsunamis, and the NRC will not force the power companies to meet the standards of today; yet they will overlook and easily relicense them.

4.      Evacuation plans are totally ineffective if a nuclear disaster occurs in conjunction with a severe earthquake.

5.      This week California's people and the state's vibrant economy were fortunate enough to live in a state with not one operating nuclear reactor. Both San Onofre and Diablo Canyon were shut down. The lights stayed on. Together with energy efficiency and an almost unlimited renewable energy potential in California, the State can become a world leader in energy for the 21st century; while at the same time achieving the essential reduction in carbon emissions. California will fail to meet this truly sustainable future while it continues to operate nuclear power. This week because of the nuclear crisis at San Onofre and the intervention of jellyfish at Diablo Canyon, California saw the future; and it is a future we demand. KEEP CALIFORNIA’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS CLOSED.

Your name_____________________________________________________________________________________

In support of this action are: Peace Resource Center of San Diego, , Citizens Oversight Committee, San Clemente Green, San Onofre Safety, Women's Energy Matters, Stop Fukushima Coalition,  SF-Bay Area Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles,  The Ecological Options Network (EON), Friends of the Earth, (ROSE) Residents Organized for a Safe Environment contact at: genston@sbcglobal.net

http://residentsorganizedforasafeenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/action-letter-to-gov-brown/

2nd Peaceful Protest at San Onofre April 29th

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Concordia Elementary School PRINCIPAL’S INFORMATION BULLETIN

No I Did Not.

From: listserver.capousd.org
Subject: Pirncipal's Info Bulletin
Date: April 25, 2012 11:20:43 AM PDT
To: "Concordia ListServe" <@listserver.capousd.org>
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Concordia Elementary School
PRINCIPAL’S INFORMATION BULLETIN

Dear Parents,

As you may be aware, on the afternoon of Friday, April 20, the Capistrano Unified School District received an “unusual event” notification from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).  Following the protocol outlined in the SONGS Emergency Response Plan, the District immediately shared this notification with all of the schools within the power plant’s Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ).  When an unusual event is declared at the plant, CUSD schools within the EPZ are directed to prepare to evacuate or shelter in place.

Upon receiving this notification at approximately 1:30 PM, I made the decision to notify teachers about the unusual event and directed them to remain in their classrooms with their students.  On Friday afternoons, many of our classes are typically outdoors having P.E. and are unable to hear announcements from the office.  Having teachers remain in their classrooms ensured that we could communicate directly with them to update them on the status of the event at the plant.  We communicated clearly that we were not calling for a shelter in place, which requires staff to close doors and windows, and to keep students indoors.   Teachers were told that students could leave class to use the restroom and that normal classroom activities could continue.  We simply wanted to keep teachers close and accessible for direct communication and further instructions if necessary.  We had a regular dismissal at 2:05 PM, and were notified that the incident at SONGS was closed at 2:40 PM.

I wanted to share this information with you in case you had questions about our actions on Friday.  Please know that student safety is our utmost concern.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this matter.



Sincerely,

Dave Gerhard, Principal
Concordia Elementary School

Connect Ed,


If this had bean an actual emergency this is what we would have done with your children. 

Irvine City Council Tonight 6PM

Arnold Gundersen speaking tonight before the Irvine City Council, 6PM, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA 92606, USA

Mr Gundersen is an energy advisor with 40-years of nuclear power engineering experience. A former nuclear industry senior vice president, he earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator.During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. He currently speaks on television, radio, and at public meetings on the need for a new paradigm in energy production. An independent nuclear engineering and safety expert, Arnie provides testimony on nuclear operations, reliability, safety, and radiation issues to the NRC, Congressional and State Legislatures, and Government Agencies and Officials throughout the US, Canada, and internationally.

Let Fridays Fire, Concordia Elementary LOCK DOWN & yesterday's earthquake be your wake up call.

Speak up my friends, you've got important wisdom to share...

Song for Panhe

This land is sacred, from the mountains to the sea!
Written by Jodi Levine, guitar, Jon Sherman, flute

Keep SanO Shut Down

San Onofre, my local nuclear reactor, is completely shut down right now (like all but one reactor in Japan) and may never reopen. Why not? Because the steam generator tubes (made in Japan, by the way) clang into each other. Why does that happen? Apparently because the plant tried to increase the power output of the reactor by adding nearly 400 extra tubes when they ordered a "like-for-like" replacement of the original (four) steam generators, which were supposed to last the entire lives of the (two) reactors.

The original steam generators didn't last because they ran 'em too hot, I suspect. A couple of years ago they realized that as soon as the tubes wear out, they can replace them with steam generators that have more tubes inside but still fit in the same locations. (Or thought they could.) So they upped the power output of the reactor, which caused the tubes to fail more quickly than the normal life of the reactor -- but they didn't care. They knew our California Public Utilities Commission would stick the ratepayers with the cost of the replacement steam generators when the time came -- and they did. SanO's owners wanted to avoid having the steam generator replacement happen at the same time as the much more risky license renewal because there's ALWAYS a lot of opposition to that.

San Onofre's owners got through several steps of this process. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission saw it as a "like for like" replacement even though it wasn't, the ratepayers were charged with the costs of replacement, it happened years before license renewal, and best of all (from the utility's point of view), the utility ALSO made billions of extra dollars while they ran the reactors at extra-high power, pressure, and temperature, blowing out the gaskets, seals, and tubes!

It's like how you treat a rented car.

Only the difference is, things can go wrong when steam generator tubes burst. They are very thin, fragile things, with a thousand pounds of pressure differential on one side from the other. One tube failure can lead to another, and another, and another, which can lead to an inability to cool the reactor. Fukushima USA. is what it could lead to!

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Fundraising for 2nd Peaceful Protest at San Onofre on April 29

We are now fundraising for the April 29 2nd Peaceful Protest at San Onofre state park campground. We are bringing Professor Daniel Hirsch from San Cruz CA down as our keynote speaker. To raise this money we are selling T-shirts in black that say “San Onofre Our Fukushima?”. We will be selling these at the SD Earth Day event April 22, and at the Protest on April 29. To get one earlier send me a email at: genston(at)sbcglobal.net Your help is appreciated.