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Category Archives: San Onofre
Projections for Future Greenhouse Gas Reductions
The first rule of the Energy Futures Club is that there are no rules, but you can talk about it all you want. You would think that with power plants that last 60 or more years, and that take a … Continue reading
UC Irvine Forum Talk by Lisa Grant Ludwig of UCI on the Earthquake Problem
These are my notes on the UC Irvine Forum given by Lisa Grant Ludwig, Professor of Public Health at UCI, on Dec. 12, 2012. The title was: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving the Earthquake Problem (The slides from part of … Continue reading
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Talk by Mr. Yasutel Yamada at UC Irvine from the Skilled Veterans Corps for Fukushima
John Whiteley sponsored this talk for his class along with the Environmental Institute October 29, 2012 First John showed a short film on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami by NHK World Film. Some notes from the film follow. The … Continue reading
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Summary of Talks on “How Safe is Nuclear Power: Implications for San Onofre”
I will present here a short summary of the talks at the luncheon of The Newkirk Center for Science and Society at UC Irvine on October 16, 2012 on the topic “How Safe is Nuclear Power: Implications for San Onofre”. … Continue reading
Southern California Energy Outlook for the Summer of 2012
I watched the Irvine City Council meeting on Channel 30 last night, which featured the reports of the Cal ISO and SC Edison on plans for summer electricity, should San Onofre reactors not be available. One additional complication was noting … Continue reading
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Safety Talk
Last night I went to the talk on SONGS nuclear safety by Caroline McAndrews, M.A., an engineer and director of License Renewal for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and Japan earthquake response manager. It will be on YouTube in the … Continue reading
An Approach to Calculating Risk for Nuclear Reactors in Earthquake Zones
This is a rather naive approach to calculating risk for putting nuclear reactors in earthquake zones. I should of course have looked up an official approach, and become an earthquake scientist and statistician. I assume such reports will be forthcoming … Continue reading
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Being Real About Los Angeles Earthquake Risks
There has been recent justified concern about the earthquake safety of the San Onofre nuclear site. The tidal wave risk looks already treated, since the site is guarded by a thirty foot beach and seawall height. Nevertheless, the whole failure mode should … Continue reading