Shutdown Diablo Canyon Nuclear Station

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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Facility is DANGEROUS and must be SHUT DOWN!

• All nuclear facilities are inherently dangerous because they must be actively cooled even when in "cold shutdown".
• Nuclear facilities such as Diablo generate millions of pounds of toxic radioactive waste which must be safely stored for up to 140,000 years before it is safe, or about 4000 generations. Running these power stations without a means to safely convert the waste is IMPRUDENT and UNREASONABLE. Our elected officials should not stand for this!
• The "Diablo Canyon" nuclear facility is very near a number of earthquake faults, most particularly, the Hosgri fault and Shoreline fault. If you had to choose the worst place to build such a facility on the coast of California, this might be it.
• If an earthquake occurs, the vibrations may cause any number of failures and may result in total meltdowns.
• Just like the Fukushima Daiichi, the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility is right on the coastline, and is subject to tsunami inundation. This was actually what caused the failure of the cooling pumps at Fukushima.
• The Diablo Canyon nuclear facility uses "once-through" cooling, which kills virtually all animal life in the extracted ocean water, and then the higher temperatures kill life near the exit conduits.
• Nuclear power is a bad deal for consumers, costing about 166% of market rates.
• Nuclear power is not needed in California which already has about 156% of energy requirements, so losing 10% will not affect us much. The San Onofre nuclear facility was closed in 2012 and there were no significant problems after minor adjustments were made.
• BOTTOM LINE is that we will be better off with Diablo Canyon closed, and the sooner the better.

• Fukushima radioactive plume superimposed over Diablo Canyon. DO YOU LIVE NEAR GROUND ZERO?
  
  please note that the impact of Fukushima was reduced substantially because prevailing winds blew the radioactive plume off-shore. Diablo Canyon would be much more devastating because winds blow on-shore and temperature inversions keep the radiation near populated areas.

The following were extracted from this research paper, relating to a hypotethical accident at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Station similar to that at Fukushima.

Researchers estimate ~25% more mortalities in California.

• Comments on the model of a Fukushima-like accident at Diablo Canyon:
  

• Iodine 131 dispersion after hypothetical Fukushima-like accident at Diablo Canyon (in March). Note that in the first 36 hours, the entire coast of California is exposed to high doses:
  

• Iodine 131 dispersion after hypothetical Fukushima-like accident at Diablo Canyon (in Sept). Again, the entire California coast is exposed to radiation in the first 36 hours.
  

Cesium 137 dispersion after hypothetical Fukushima-like accident at Diablo Canyon	Same, Timeseries over the US

Diablo Canyon nuclear facility is near many earthquake faults, both onshore and offshore.

The shoreline fault, just yards from the plant has been recently discovered and is now being researched.	This diagram shows the network of faults near the DCPP nuclear facility, highlighted.

The smoking gun... Shoreline Fault is within 600M of power block!

Groups, Related Websites and Facebook Pages

• Mothers for Peace -- http://mothersforpeace.org/ -- Definitely on the leading edge of the long-term resistance against this nuclear station! -- Linda Seeley
• Stop the Diablo Canyon Power Plant - Facebook open group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiabloCanyon/ (Laura Lynch, Admin)
• Coalition Against Nukes (C.A.N.) -- Star Priscilla
  • Website - http://www.coalitionagainstnukes.org/
  • Facebook closed group (3500+ members) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/C.A.N.CoalitionAgainstNukes/
• Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) - Gene Stone
  • Website - http://residentsorganizedforasafeenvironment.wordpress.com/
  • Facebook open group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/162282963826465/
• Nuclear Free California
  • Facebook closed group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/nuclearfreecalifornia/
• California Against Nuclear Power & Radiation
  • Facebook open group (1980+ members) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/CAagainstNuclearPowerAndRadiation/ (Laura Lynch, Admin)

Please let us know if you have more to add here...

• Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network
  • Facebook closed group: (1978 members) -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/124537680994270/590564501058250 (Laura Lynch, Kimberly Roberson, Admins)

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• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2019) 2020-04-13 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2019 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1920) 2019-08-29 NRC meeting on Decommissioning CABs -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2018) 2019-02-09 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2018 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1855) 2018-06-13 Presentation on HELMS at Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1826) 2018-02-07 S. 2388: Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2018 -- Bernie Sanders, United States Senate, To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State, tribal, and local governments, the consideration of State, tribal, and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• (M1828) 2018-02-07 S. 2396: Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018 -- Kamala Harris, United States Senate, This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on February 7, 2018. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
• (M1814) 2018-01-11 California’s last nuclear plant to close after unanimous vote by regulators -- David Baker, San Francisco Chronicle,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2017) 2017-12-20 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2017 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1857) 2017-12 Management and Disposal of U.S. Department of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel -- A Report to the United States Congress and the Secretary of Energy -- , Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board,
• (M1795) 2017-11-02 HELMS Proposal -- Community Draft for Comment -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (HelmsPetition) 2017-11-01 HELMS Public Support Petition -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Sign HELMS petition to require double-wall nuclear waste canisters and to move waste to local consolidated surface storage to protect water resources
• (M1848) 2017-10-19 2017-10-19 Dry Cask Risks Not Known When Design Approved by NRC -- Diablo Canyon Ind. Safety Committee -- Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee, Ecological Options Network,
• (M1797) 2017-10 NUREG-2214 Managing Aging Process In Storage MAPS (draft) -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2016) 2016-12-30 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1799) 2016-08-31 A Historical Review of the Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Connolly & Pope, Dept Of Energy,
• (M1660) 2016-06-23 Lies, damned lies and the nuclear industry strikes out again. -- Ace Hoffman, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1560) 2015-03-30 PUC scandal stretches to UC Berkeley -- Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times, Peevey Party Protest
• (M1561) 2015-03-30 Probe of back-channel dealing continues at California PUC -- David Siders, Sacramento Bee, Peevey Party Protest
• (M1564) 2015-03-30 CPUC does about-face on Picker pledge -- Agency decided not to prove its president paid for dinner, but never said so -- Ricky Young, Union Tribune, Peevey Party Protest
• (M1559) 2015-03-29 How banquet for ex-PUC head Peevey went sour for UC Berkeley -- Jaxon Van Derbeken, San Francisco Chronicle, Peevey Party Protest
• (M1563) 2015-03-26 UC struggled with Peevey party funds -- Dean of public policy school felt loyalty to utilities boss -- Jeff Mc Donald, Union Tribune, Peevey Party Protest
• (M1554) 2015-03-03 REGULATOR, EDISON HAD ‘REGULAR’ CHATS -- Emails reveal calls with PUC member Florio, whose contacts with PG&E prompted recusal -- Jeff Mc Donald, Union Tribune,
• (M1553) 2015-02-26 Review of San Onofre Original Steam Generator Wear -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Decisions by Southern California Edison to 'uprate' the core and decrease T(cold) may have shortened OSG life.
• (M1552) 2015-02-25 Citizens Oversight's Federal Case Against Edison, CPUC Ignited by Warsaw Meetings & Felony Searches -- Aguirre Severson LLP, Citizens Oversight, 2/25/2015 Filings -- Southern California Edison
• (M1546) 2015-02-22 Peevey Network -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1551) 2015-02-12 Crooks Honoring Crooks -- Attendee Intercept at Peevey Gala -- Steve Zeltzer, Labor Video Project, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1543) 2015-02-11 Peevey Toasters Face Public Scrutiny -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1544) 2015-02-11 Furor over $250-a-head party honoring former CPUC head -- Jaxon Van Derbeken, San Francisco Chronicle, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1539) 2015-02-10 Meeting links CPUC probe to San Onofre -- Edison discloses it met at luxury hotel in Poland with former regulator -- Jeff Mc Donald, Union Tribune, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1540) 2015-02-10 SCE reports private contact in 2013 with PUC head Peevey -- Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1538) 2015-02-09 SCE Admits Secret Meeting with CPUC Pres. Peevey in 2013 to Concoct Settlement -- , Southern California Edison, This secret meeting will likely kill the settlement deal. Related to Peevey Party Protest.
• (M1542) 2015-02-09 Shut up! Shut up! -- Edison admits secret huddle with Michael Peevey on San Onofre -- Don Bauder, San Diego Reader, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1541) 2015-02-02 INDUSTRY TO TOAST EX-PUC CHIEF PEEVEY -- Celebration for former utilities chief comes amid state corruption investigation -- Jeff Mc Donald, Union Tribune, Related to: Peevey Party Protest
• (M1534) 2015-01-07 Report of Malfeasance and Institutional Corruption at the California Public Utilities Commission -- Mike Aguirre and Mia Severson, Aguirre Severson LLP, Ray Lutz contributed to this paper.
• (M1528) 2014-12-31 2014-12-31 COPS Letter to Victor Dricks on Diablo Canyon Safety Meeting on Jan 14, 2015 in Arlington TX -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
• (M1512) 2014-10-24 CPRA Response in San Bruno Explosion Case -- CPUC and PG&E -- , California Public Utilities Commission, Thousands of emails provided in CPRA response from CPUC illustrates a culture of corruption -- San Bruno Explosion Peevey Party Protest
• (M1505) 2014-10-07 Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities -- , National Research Council, Study in currently in Phase 2
• (M1502) 2014-09-23 How the NRC got it wrong on Diablo Canyon -- Michael Peck, The Tribune, NRC official stands by his position that Diablo should be shut down
• (M1798) 2014-09 NUREG-2157 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
• (M1485) 2014-08-25 NRC report by Michael Peck on Diablo Canyon Earthquake Safety -- Michael Peck, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Originally written July 2013.
• (M1474) 2014-08-10 Diablo safety committee asks for further review on cooling system -- Colin Rigley, New Times, Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
• (M1475) 2014-08-08 California PUC losing luster, clout -- Michael Hiltzic, Los Angeles Times, Michael Peevey San Bruno Accident
• (M1472) 2014-08-07 Diablo and the deep blue sea: A shelved NRC tsunami study is generating new interest 11 years later -- Colin Rigley, New Times,
• (M1477) 2014-07-02 Bechtel Plans for Cooling Towers at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Station -- Bechtel Power Corporation, Pacific Gas And Electric, Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
• (M1425) 2014-03-03 REPORT ON HEALTH STATUS OF RESIDENTS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES LIVING NEAR THE DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR REACTORS -- Joseph Mangano, World Business Academy,
• (M1469) 2013-12-01 Initial report by Budnitz on San Onofre Failure -- Robert Budnitz, California Public Utilities Commission,
• (M1381) 2013-09-05 NRC Culture Biased Toward Profits and Against Safety -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1466) 2013-07-29 Meeting California’s Electricity Needs Without San Onofre or Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plants -- Bill Powers, Sierra Club San Diego, Concludes that California can withstand the loss of both San Onofre and Diablo Canyon Plants.
• (M1359) 2013-06-04 Fukushima Lessons for California Panel -- , Citizens Oversight,
• (M1350) 2013-04-18 Reid Appoints Besieged Regulator to Nuclear-Weapons Panel -- Amy Harder, National Journal,
• (M1802) 2013-04-05 Trends in the cost of Energy -- Zoltan Kiss, Seeking Alpha, Includes startling energy cost chart
• (M1568) 2013-03-26 RSG Notes on Hotel Bristol Stationery -- Michael Peevey, Stephen Pickett, Citizens Oversight, Received on 2015-04-10
• (M1530) 2013-01 STRATEGY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- , Dept Of Energy,
• (M1792) 2013 Too Hot to Touch -- The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste -- William Alley and Rosemarie Alley, Cambridge University Press,
• (M1801) 2012-11-14 NRC NOTICE 2012-20: POTENTIAL CHLORIDE-INDUCED STRESS CORROSION CRACKING OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND MAINTENANCE OF DRY CASK STORAGE SYSTEM CANISTERS -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
• (M1463) 2012-04-23 Worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident -- John E. Ten Hoeve and Mark Z. Jacobson, Energy & Environmental Science,
• (M1376) 2012-04-17 Tsunami Risk Assessment -- , Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
• (M1242) 2012-02-23 Scientists: Nuclear power isn’t viable without corporate welfare -- David Worthington, Smart Planet, M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally
• (M1465) 2011-03-16 Calif. of most concern for US nuclear plants near fault lines -- , Bakersfield Now,
• (M1310) 2010-07-23 Renewable energy would create more jobs than nuclear power -- Elliot Negin, Statesman.com,
• (M1424) 2008 AB 1632 ASSESSMENT OF CALIFORNIA’S OPERATING NUCLEAR PLANTS -- , California Energy Commission, Shutdown Diablo
• (M1791) 2008 America's Nuclear Wastelands -- Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup -- Max Power, Washington State University Press,
• (M1464) Plan to Track Quake Threat Is Questioned -- John Upton, New York Times,

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