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Category Archives: Tsunami
NRC Report on Sea Level Rise Along California, Oregon, and Washington
These are the projections for sea level rise by 2100 as determined by the Relative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) calculated by climate models. For the lowest, RCP 2.6, the sea level rise from 2005 is centered around 20″, with a rate … Continue reading
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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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Sea Level Rise Risks in Newport Beach CA, New York NY, Foster City CA, Tampa FL, and Point Pleasant NJ
I came across an interesting article in the New York Times on September 10 by Mireya Navarro about area planners contemplating how to strenghten the city to the risk of sea level rise and storms. Clearly everyone in the area … 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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The San Onofre Tsunami Wall and Reactor Protections
I am going to summarize here the Hydrology Report used to justify the height of the tsunami wall at the San Onofre Nuclear Generator Plant (SONGS). I haven’t found out the date of the report yet, but from the references it … Continue reading
Evaluate Before Acting on California Reactor Risk
From what I have read in the local papers, there is much concern locally about earthquakes, tsunamis and other problems at the SONGS nuclear reactors in San Onofre, California. There have been city council meetings in Laguna Beach and Irvine … Continue reading
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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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Catalina Island’s Earthquake and Tsunami Potential
Apparently Catalina Island was created and uplifted by earthquakes at a bend in an offshore strike-slip fault. Studies estimate that every 200 to 500 years another quake could occur that would generate a tidal wave to the coast of up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Catalina Island, Los Angeles Harbor, Newport Beach
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