Urgent Nuclear Waste Risks at San Onofre & Diablo Canyon
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2015-06-04

Urgent Nuclear Waste Risks at San Onofre & Diablo Canyon https://youtu.be/z2xEBCahR5s Donna Gilmore, founder of http://sanonofresafety.org/, addresses the Environmental Caucus of California's Democratic Party about making California a leader in responsible, radioactive waste management with the best technology now available.

So far, no cigar. The utilities - Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric, respectively - want to cut corners and short-change public and environmental safety. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) are - so far- complicit. Governor Jerry Brown - whose inner circle is staffed with former utility executives - is keeping his head down on the issue.

Gilmore, a former state IT administrator, is working hard to inform the public and decision makers of more responsible alternatives.

For more info: http://sanonofresafety.org/
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Dry Cask Radwaste Storage Issues - Donna Gilmore https://youtu.be/Z-pai5nu2WE
This is SanOnofreSafety.org founder Donna Gilmore's presentation to the NRC on dry cask nuclear waste storage issues, delivered by invitation as part of an NRC Regulatory Conference held Nov. 19-20, 2014 in Rockville, Maryland.

Why are the NRC and Southern California Edison favoring inferior, short-lived, thin-walled, unsafe stainless steel canisters to store San Onofre's tons of nuclear waste in a corrosive seaside environment instead of the long-lasting, thick-walled, top-of-the-line technology available?

Gilmore presents a strong case for regulators and utilities to take the lead in setting the highest possible standards for America's growing inventory of radioactive waste that will remain deadly for hundreds of thousands of years longer than human civilization has yet existed.

With no safe long-term storage sites having been found despite over half a century of attempts to find them, Gilmore urges officials not to 'play bureaucratic roulette' with the future of California and the rest of the nation. http://youtu.be/KvAbDX0R2Eg?list=UUju14A1OKOPVSZNLJLsI1qw
Dry Cask Radwaste Storage Issues - Donna Gilmore 
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Are California and other U.S. nuclear waste canisters cracking?
Intergrain Stress Corrosion Cracking

Intergrain Stress Corrosion Cracking

No one knows because there is no technology to inspect or repair cracks in these thin stainless steel canisters.

Southern California Edison has no adequate plan to replace cracked canisters at San Onofre and their monitoring system only alerts us after the canisters leak radiation into the environment.

Edison plans to spend almost $1.3 billion of ratepayer funds to store over 1600 metric tons of San Onofre nuclear waste in thin 5/8” steel canisters that may crack within 20 years after loading. Existing canisters were loaded as early as October 2003. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1404/ML14045A317.pdf

The unproven Holtec UMAX underground storage system Edison plans to buy has never been used anywhere in the world.  And the President of Holtec https://youtu.be/euaFZt0YPi4 says it’s not feasible to repair these thin steel canisters. He also states even a microscopic crack will release millions of curies of radiation into the environment. In addition, the NRC and their concrete experts state the concrete base of underground storage system are at higher risk of failure (due to moisture and soil chemistry) and challenging to inspect.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)http://preview.tinyurl.com/pdzvlzw plans to license this UMAX system effective April 6, 2015, for low seismic areas, for 20 years, by ignoring known aging problems that may occur after 20 years! The NRC is requiring additional seismic analysis and a License Amendment before approving this system for high seismic areas such as San Onofre. However, the NRC has a history of approving nuclear power plants and storage canisters in high seismic areas, such as Diablo Canyon in San Luis Obispo Countyhttp://preview.tinyurl.com/pn2rtso. And the NRC only requires evaluation of seismic risk on intact canisters, not canisters that may be cracking.
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Dr. Kris Singh , CEO, Holtec International, On (Not) Repairing Dry Canisters https://youtu.be/euaFZt0YPi4
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Reasons to buy thick nuclear waste dry storage casks and myths about nuclear waste storage, April 16, 2015 https://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/reasonstobuythickcasks2015-04-16.pdf

 Propose City Council Resolutions (see samples and handouts) http://sanonofresafety.org/city-council-handouts/

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