Re: [californiadisasters] California’s faults are not like Japan’s

Because of the cost of decommissioning, I doubt Diablo will be shut down, unless convincing evidence is found to refute PG&E's geologists about the fault lines, or massive aging of its structure and components is found.(Vodor, Has the plant reached this level of  obsolescence?)  However if Westinghouse or another competing corporate body stands to profit with decommissioning we may find that it is done.

Diablo cannot be used to make weapons grade materials.

I think the ultimate cost of nuclear power related to decommissioning the plants is far too high.  That is primarily why I do not support this form of power.

Tsunamis over that 85 ft. rise in the inlet bay(among the bluffs, <KIM!>) up to Diablo's central plant are VERY unlikely, reiterating what I said before.  Tsunamis along the California coast have been significant pretty much only during Alaskan earthquakes, unless our section of the "ring of fire" becomes more active with volcanoes and such.  It is so unlikely, but not impossible.  As our title says, California's faults are not like Japan's.


Patricia

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From: Vodor <vodor1@yahoo.com>
To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 1:07:42 AM
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] California's faults are not like Japan's

 

Diablo Canyon IS nearing it's 40-year life limit for Nuke plants. What the authorities decide to do after that isn't known yet. Like many other of these plants, it'll most likely be decommissioned. Of course, it's possible they'll simply replace the worn out components and start back up again. Heh heh, I've been inside the steam generators there, placing a cover over the two other openings in the "bowls" of the Steam generator. I was doing maintenance for Westinghouse, eddy current testing of the steam generator tubes, then repairing any cracked tubes, etc. 

I find the ignorance of the person you were responding to, to be entertaining. Most "anti-nuke" plant people are really anti-war protesters in disguise. When questioned about the effects of exposure to radiation, they know almost nothing. When you question further, you find out that they don't want these plants because they don't want them used for war materials (nuclear bombs). Some of them even think radiation is given off from the cooling towers or that these plants are raising the water temperature of nearby water sources (not true for either one).