The spent fuel rods are now in an on-site storage pool that requires continual maintenance. The fuel rods, roughly the diameter of a pinky finger and six to 12 feet long, are bracketed together in 6 foot by 6 foot by 9 foot units and stored on racks 20 feet down in the pool. The pool itself has been the subject of concern. A leak allowed hundreds of gallons of water to enter and mix with irradiated water. The problem grew worse after the 1992 earthquakes when the water pouring in went from roughly 200 gallons a day to 2,000 gallons per day by 1995, then jumping to 8,000 gallons daily by summer 1996.
Topless club opens Blame it on the U.S. Constitution.
Tom Great Razooly was issued a permit by a unanimous Humboldt County Board of Supervisors last month to open his Tip Top Club topless nightclub near Humboldt Hill. When he threatened to sue, citing the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech, the board reversed its decision. Razooly was represented by Eureka attorney Jason Singleton. In a court ruling last month, Judge Marilyn Miles denied defense attorneys' motion that charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and vandalism be dropped against Lisa Marie Sanderson-Fox, Jennifer Schneider and Terri Slanetz. But the charges, Miles reasoned, were independent of the pepper spray incident and, in fact, preceded it.