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San Onofre Unit 3 Reactor to Remain Shut Down "Indefinitely"

CA cannot afford a Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster here or anywhere else, ... We already have Fallout from Fukushima here... + With radioactive Fallout from a meltdown, ... And ZERO for our radioactively HOT property, ...Where would we ALL be forced to relocate to, YUMA?
— March 27, 2012 3:49 p.m.

San Onofre Unit 3 Reactor to Remain Shut Down "Indefinitely"

Much more: **+ Please consider posting some comments**... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/san-onof… and here http://sanclemente.patch.com/articles/report-hint… Protect SoCal from RISKY Nuclear, No Fukushima's in CA...
— March 27, 2012 3:42 p.m.

San Onofre Unit 3 Reactor to Remain Shut Down "Indefinitely"

**BIG NEWS**, which many predicted: **Edison kept San Onofre steam generator replacement details secret from NRC** http://is.gd/aEsgxQ snip The study by Arnie Gundersen and Fairewinds Associates, and commissioned by nuclear watchdog Friends of the Earth, is the first public technical analysis since problems were discovered at the two now-closed reactors at San Onofre: Reactor Unit 2 was undergoing a regularly scheduled shutdown in January when severe damage was found in tubes in the steam generator system.Reactor Unit 3 was shut down by Edison on January 31 after radioactive water leaked from a damaged pipe in the steam generators. The steam generators at both reactors are only months old and were installed at a cost to ratepayers of some $671 million. In his analysis of available public information, Gundersen has concluded that "both units 2 and 3 have experienced extraordinarily rapid degradation of their steam generator tubes." He has concluded that the "severe short-term steam generator degradation" could lead to a "large risk of tube failure" and result in "an uncontrolled release of radiation into the environment." While the NRC has said that the "root cause of the tube leak has not yet been determined," Gundersen concludes that four significant changes were made to the design of the new steam generators, all of which may be contributing to their dramatic degradation: the tube alloy used is different, the reactor flow rate was changed, more steam generator tubes were added, and key modifications were made to the "egg crate" architecture that holds the tubing in the steam generator. Yet when Edison notified the NRC that it would be replacing the steam generators, it argued that it was making a "like for like" replacement. By misleading the NRC on the true nature of the replacement, Edison fooled the NRC into giving a rubber stamp and not conducting a thorough NRC review and approval process.
— March 27, 2012 12:25 p.m.

Former Energy Commission Director to Lead Intervention on Nuclear Proceedings

BIG NEWS, which I predicted: Edison kept San Onofre steam generator replacement details secret from NRC http://is.gd/aEsgxQ snip The study by Arnie Gundersen and Fairewinds Associates, and commissioned by nuclear watchdog Friends of the Earth, is the first public technical analysis since problems were discovered at the two now-closed reactors at San Onofre: Reactor Unit 2 was undergoing a regularly scheduled shutdown in January when severe damage was found in tubes in the steam generator system.Reactor Unit 3 was shut down by Edison on January 31 after radioactive water leaked from a damaged pipe in the steam generators. The steam generators at both reactors are only months old and were installed at a cost to ratepayers of some $671 million. In his analysis of available public information, Gundersen has concluded that "both units 2 and 3 have experienced extraordinarily rapid degradation of their steam generator tubes." He has concluded that the "severe short-term steam generator degradation" could lead to a "large risk of tube failure" and result in "an uncontrolled release of radiation into the environment." While the NRC has said that the "root cause of the tube leak has not yet been determined," Gundersen concludes that four significant changes were made to the design of the new steam generators, all of which may be contributing to their dramatic degradation: the tube alloy used is different, the reactor flow rate was changed, more steam generator tubes were added, and key modifications were made to the "egg crate" architecture that holds the tubing in the steam generator. Yet when Edison notified the NRC that it would be replacing the steam generators, it argued that it was making a "like for like" replacement. By misleading the NRC on the true nature of the replacement, Edison fooled the NRC into giving a rubber stamp and not conducting a thorough NRC review and approval process.
— March 27, 2012 12:22 p.m.

Nuclear Power as a Source of Hydrogen Fuel

Here are some more links: Solar-less-expensive-nuclear: http://is.gd/if6MWH and if nuclear goes BAD, check out this map of fallout, just click SD NRDC Nuclear Fallout Map of U.S. http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/fallout/ SoCal cannot afford a Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster like Fukushima!
— March 26, 2012 2:33 p.m.